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

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. In this book, Miri discusses several important topics: Redrawing the map of political thought in an islamist era Governmentality in the balance of gnosticism Religion, politics and other sagas Changes in Iranian social life The principle of divine authority in modern Iran