Islamism and Post-Islamism : Reflections upon Allama Jafari's Political Thought.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Redrawing the Map of Political Thought in an Islamist Era -- 2 Governmentality in the Balance of Gnosticism -- Introduction -- On Management and Leadership -- On Leadership and Constructive Gnosis -- Fundamental Obligation of Government -- Leadership and Society -- Governing and Alienation -- Management's Fundamental Obligation -- The Intelligible Life and Equal Rights -- 3 Religion, Politics, and Other Sagas -- Introduction -- Politics: A Conceptual Makeover -- Religion: Emancipative or Oppressive Factor? -- Political Gnosticism or Mystical Politics -- Power and Its Functions -- Manifestations of Authority -- Religion and Its Janus-Face -- 4 Social Life Redesigned -- Introduction -- Types of Politics -- Political Islam -- Eurocentrism and Politics in a Critical Balance -- Absence of Politics in the Empire of Islam -- Designing of Social Life -- Intelligible Freedom -- 5 Revisiting the Principle of Divine Authority -- Introduction -- Politics and the Sunnite Interpretation -- Sovereignty in Islam -- Revisiting the Principle of Divine Authority -- Epilogue -- Bibliography.

Islamism and Post-Islamism analyzes political thought in Iran since 1979. Seyed Javad Miri engages with one of the seminal thinkers in contemporary Iranian politics, Allama Jafari, on key relevant concepts.

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