The last Muslim intellectual : the life and legacy of Jalal Al-e Ahmad.

Dabashi, Hamid,

The last Muslim intellectual : the life and legacy of Jalal Al-e Ahmad. - 1 online resource. - Edinburgh historical studies of Iran and the Persian world .

Includes bibliographies and index.

In this social and intellectual biography, Hamid Dabashi contends that Jalal Al-e Ahmad was the last Muslim intellectual to have articulated a vision of Muslim worldly cosmopolitanism. This unprecedented engagement with Al-e Ahmad's life and legacy is a prelude to what Dabashi calls a 'post-Islamist Liberation Theology'.



9781474479301


Āl Aḥmad, Jalāl.


Intellectuals--Iran--Biography.
Cosmopolitanism.
Islamic philosophy.


Electronic Books.

DS318 / .L378 2021