Ethos : A Critique of Eurocentric Modernity /: A Critique of Eurocentric Modernity. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ahmad Kasravi ; translated by Hamid Rezaei Yazdi.
• Authors: Kasravī, Aḥmad, 1890-1946
• Other Names: Yazdi, Hamid Rezaei translator.
• Contents: Intro -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- A note on translation -- Ahmad Kasravi's critiques of Europism and Orientalism -- Ethos: Book 1 -- 1 The world and its inhabitants -- 2 Is the world progressing? -- 3 The consequence of Europe's inventions -- 4 The instruments have changed, the wars remain -- 5 Europe uproots the world's tranquillity -- 6 Can law replace religion? -- 7 Europe's woes -- 8 What will be the consequence of machinism? -- 9 What have the Prophets said and what does Europe say? -- 10 The Europist movement in Iran 11 The East loses its treasures -- 12 What is civilization? -- 13 European sciences -- 14 Women should not be wayward -- 15 A leader does not lie to his own people -- 16 We must refrain from looking to Europe -- 17 What is religion? -- 18 Religion is humanism -- Ethos: Book 2 -- 1 In God's immaculate name -- 2 How has Europe been entrapped? -- 3 Ancient grudges -- 4 Scepticism and false indoctrination -- 5 The harms of the machine -- 6 Madness -- 7 Bolshevism -- 8 Three pillars of life -- 9 Misguided guides -- 10 The ethos of coexistence -- 11 Brotherly treatment -- 12 Agricultural works 13 The laws of Europe [introductory remarks] -- 14 The laws of Europe [on taxation and state administration] -- 15 The laws of Europe [on jurisprudence] -- 16 Good disposition and bad disposition -- 17 The value of Europe's inventions -- 18 East and West -- 19 The Great Geneva Conventions -- 20 What is our argument? -- Afterword Ā'in: A defining text in Ahmad Kasravi's œuvre -- Index -- Imprint
• Publisher Details: London New York, NY : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 955; Eurocentrism; Eurocentrism -- Iran; Islamic studies; Middle Eastern history; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780755647781; 0755647785; 9780755647767; 0755647769; 9780755647774; 0755647777
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 23, 2023).
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