Intellectuals in post-revolutionary Iran

In: International journal of politics, culture and society, Band 15, Heft 2, S. 233-359

Abstract

Discusses the condition and prospects for political and religious intellectuals, focusing on the production, distribution, and consumption of political theologies, religion and secular critiques of the theocratic establishment, and movements for reform; 6 articles. Contents: Iran's tortuous path toward "Islamic liberalism", by Ahmad Ashraf, Ali Banuazizi; Sacral defense of secularism: the political theologies of Soroush, Shabestari, and Kadivar, by Mahmoud Sadri; The varieties of religious reforms: public intelligentsia in Iran, by Ahmad Sadri; The revival of the student movement in post-revolutionary Iran, by Mehrdad Mashayekhi; Religious intellectuals, the "woman question," and the struggle for the creation of a democratic public sphere in Iran, by Farideh Farhi; Critics within: Islamic scholars' protests against the Islamic state in Iran, by Charles Kurzman.