Beyond Eurocentric Social Theory

Beyond Eurocentric Social Theory celebrates Seyed Javad Miri’s multifaceted oeuvre, showing how his scholarship has bridged the Eastern and Western intellectual traditions.

The author of many monographs, edited collections, and essays, Seyed Javad Miri has been a major influence in social sciences and humanities. His significant contributions disrupted prevailing narratives surrounding critical issues, including nationality, identity, secularism, religion, and modernity. The contributions in this volume explore how his work has helped to foster a dialogue at the global level between Iranian intellectual history, Islamic philosophy and Western social theory.

Contributors are: Joseph Alagha, Syed Farid Alatas, Ali Almasizand, Krikor Ankeshian, Dustin J. Byrd, Ramze Endut, Meisam Ghavehchian, Carimo Mohomed, Michael Naughton, Aditya Nigam, Hossein Roohani, Mehdi Shariati, and Esmaeil Zeiny.

ISBN: 9798903931835

Publication date: April 30, 2027

Foreword: beyond Eurocentric Social TheoryII
Acknowledgments
Notes on ContributorsV

1 Introduction
Esmaeil Zeiny and Dustin J. Byrd

2 Midday Thoughts: Seyed Javad Miri’s Thought System
Hossein Roohani

3 A Revolutionary Discourse: Frantz Fanon, Ali Shariati, and Their Synthesis—Seyed Javad Miri
Dustin J. Byrd

4 Ibn Khaldun in Iran: the Case of Ali Shariati
Syed Farid Alatas
5 The Possibility of Islamic Secularism in the Thoughts of Seyed Javad Miri and Abdolkarim Soroush: Similar Opinions with Different Literature Ali Almasizand

6 The Mirror: a Sufi Conception of Justice
Carimo Mohomed

7 Towards Indigenization of the Social Sciences: Establishing ‘Classicality’ in Psychology
Joseph Alagha and Krikor Ankeshian
8 Empowering Intercivilizational Dialogue Theory (IDT) to Include Both Inter and Intra Dimensions of Power and Resistance
Michael Naughton

9 Unmasking Totemism: Ali Shariati, Seyed Javad Miri and the Limits of Durkheimian Sociology
Ramze Endut

10 Decolonizing the Discourse of the Iranian National Language: a Mirian Perspective
Esmaeil Zeiny

11 National Identity in the Social Theory of Seyed Javad Miri
Meisam Ghavehchian

12 Seyed Javad Miri: a Tireless Critical Scholar Seeking Authenticity
Mehdi S. Shariati

Index