Iranian Islam: The Concept of the Individual

By Fereshteh Ahmadi and Nader Ahmadi

Book Overview

The author examines from different perspectives (theological and philosophical as well as socio-political and historical) the significance of the concept of the individual in the ways of thinking of Iranians. This book establishes that the mystical dimension of Islamic thought, the divine nature of Islamic law and, the mode of relationship between ruler and the ruled, in combination, counteracted growth of concern for the individual self in Iranian thought.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349404233
• ISBN13: 9781349404230
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"