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Author:   Seyed Javad Miri
Publisher:   University Press of America
Imprint:   University Press of America
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.159kg
ISBN:  

9780761866077

ISBN 10:   0761866078
Pages:   98
Publication Date:   17 November 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Prologue Introduction Chapter 1: Novel Strategies of Interpretation Novel Reading Strategies Uniform Strategies of Reading House Negro and Field Negro Academic Form of Analysis Chapter 2: Undisciplinary Fields of Knowledge Descartes versus Rumi Tutelage and the Riddle of Subjectivity Symbolism Unthought Field Strategies of Resistance Chapter 3: Violence, Religion, and Extremism Militant Secularism and Fanatic Religionism Racial Revolution Historiography of Revolt/Revolution in Sociology Revolution and Radical Means of Political Transformation Chapter 4: The Epic of America The Mystery of Unsaid Racism and American Foreign Policy Islam, Religion, and the Question of Hermeneutics Good Society The Prophetic and the Analytic Academia and the Prophetic Perspective Personal Scholarly Narrative Epilogue References

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Seyed Javad Miri is a leading social theorist at the Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies in Iran. He has taught in more than 70 countries and written 40 books on sociology and religion, including his most recent work, Islamism and Post-Islamism (University Press of America).

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