Religion, Orientalism and Modernity

Analyses modernity and Orientalist discourses in Iranian millenarian movements Employs historical and discourse analysis to probe the conflict between orthodox and heterodox religious movements in 19th- and 20th-century IranLinks the conflict between orthodoxy and heterodoxy to the impact of modernity on Iran’s society and religion and to colonisation on India’s MuslimsBroadens the scope of this conflict to include Palestine, Central Asia and Turkey Presents a postcolonial analysis of the new mo