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2 results in Anthem Middle East Studies

Islamic Ethos and the Specter of Modernity
  • Farzin Vahdat
  • Published by:
    Anthem Press
    Published online:
    18 January 2018
    Print publication:
    15 June 2015
  • Drawing on the work of Hegel, this book proposes a framework for understanding modernity in the Muslim world and analyzes the discourse of prominent Muslim thinkers and political leaders. Chapter by chapter, the book undertakes a close textual analysis of the works of Mohammad Iqbal, Abul Ala Maududi, Sayyid Qutb, Fatima Mernissi, Mehdi Haeri Yazdi, Mohammad Mojtaehd Shabestari, Mohammad Khatami, Seyyed Hussein Nasr and Mohamad Arkoun, drawing conclusions about contemporary Islamic thought with reference to some of the most significant markers of modernity.

Performing the Iranian State
  • Visual Culture and Representations of Iranian Identity
  • Edited by Staci Gem Scheiwiller
  • Published by:
    Anthem Press
    Published online:
    05 May 2013
    Print publication:
    15 February 2013
  • This book discusses what it means to 'perform the State' what this action means in relation to the country of Iran and how these various performances are represented. The concept of the 'State' as a modern phenomenon has had a powerful impact on the formation of the individual and collective, as well as on determining how political entities are perceived in their interactions with one another in the current global arena.