1st Edition

Secularization of Islam in Post-Revolutionary Iran

By Mahmoud Pargoo Copyright 2021
182 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Examining the trajectory of the secularization of Islam in Iran, this book explains how efforts to Islamize society led, self-destructively, to its secularization. The research engages a range of debates across different fields, emphasizing the political and epistemological instability of the basic categories such as Islam, Sharia, and secularism. The volume is an interdisciplinary study of... Read more

Introduction

1. What is Islamic Secularity?

2. Pioneers of Islamic Secularity

3. Khomeini’s Revolt against Secularity

4. Post-Khomeini: Secularization Resumes

Conclusion

Biography

Mahmoud Pargoo is a Research Fellow at Alfred Deakin Institute (ADI) at Deakin University in Australia. He works on the religion and politics of post-revolutionary Iran.