Islam, Iran, and the Western discourse: Behind the veil
This article is an attempt at addressing some salient aspects of the expected and upcoming civilizational clash. Its basic contention is that the multi-dimensional conflict between Muslim world and the secular West should be resolved first and foremost at the foundational levels of epistemology and...
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Research Center for International Political Economy and Foreign Policy Analysis
1995
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| In: | Year: 1995 |
| Series/Journal: | Amsterdam Middle East Papers
Vol. 1, No. 1 |
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Islam
B Iran B Western world B Fundamentalism B Industrial nations B Democracy B Iran Islam Islam and politics Democracy Revolution Religiöser Fundamentalismus Cultural contact Westliche Industrieländer Zivilisationskonflikt B Islam and politics B Cultural contact B Revolution |
| Summary: | This article is an attempt at addressing some salient aspects of the expected and upcoming civilizational clash. Its basic contention is that the multi-dimensional conflict between Muslim world and the secular West should be resolved first and foremost at the foundational levels of epistemology and consciousness. Only then could Muslims engage in the "politics of civilizations", not solely as the "objects of history as targets of Western colonialism", but "as movers and shapers of history". The author proceeds by expounding some essential sources of conflict, and by deconstructing liberal-democracy as the political and ideological manifestation of the Western hegemonial system. He further suggests the Iranian revolutionary experience as a budding nucleus of an Islamic transformation, and proposes criteria against which this phenomenon could be Islamically analyzed and understood in future and anticipated works. (Amsterdam Middle East Pap/DÜI) |
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