{"product_id":"2940169254334","title":"A Macat Analysis of Hamid Dabashi's Theology of Discontent","description":"In his 1997 work \u003ci\u003eTheology of Discontent\u003c\/i\u003e, Iranian American Hamid Dabashi suggests that the Iranian Revolution of 1978¿9 would not have happened had it not been for the influential ideas of eight Iranian Islamic thinkers in the four decades before it occurred.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Dabashi surveys these thinkers¿ contributions to the development of Iran¿s system of Islamic beliefs. He says this ideology was shaped both according to Iranians¿ perception of themselves and according to their perception of the West. A fierce desire to resist control and reject any possible imposition of Western imperialism led to the country¿s revolutionary spirit against a West-friendly monarchy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    One of Dabashi¿s arguments¿that thinkers who may often oppose each other¿s views will still come together to ensure their mutual survival¿has proved useful outside the context of the Iranian Revolution. It has provided a way of understanding Muslim-Western relations that have seemingly stalled in the post-September 11, 2001 world. This has given \u003ci\u003eTheology of Discontent\u003c\/i\u003e a certain timelessness and has confirmed it as an important work.","brand":"Ella Blasen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116432146672,"sku":"2940169254334","price":13.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169254334_p0.jpg?v=1763676973","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169254334","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}