TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Reading Habermas in Iran: political tolerance and the prospect of non-violent movement in Iran
JO  - Journal of global ethics
A1  - Payrow Shabani, Omid
SP  - 141
EP  - 141
VL  - 6
IS  - 2
N2  - In this paper, I intend to appropriate the explanatory power of some of Habermas' recent ideas (such as complementary learning processes, modernization of faith, tolerance, and non-violence) for the purpose of examining the current political situation in Iran. I would like to argue that the recent history of Iran has offered an occasion for a development away from a dogmatic religious consciousness and toward a more tolerant one. I submit that these opposing modes of thought are, respectively, represented by the hardliners in power and the reformists in opposition. The current impasse, I argue, is the result of an asymmetrical learning process, where the conservative camp has not evolved along with the reformers. I submit that the way out of the impasse is a fully fledged non-violent movement of civil disobedience by the opposition. The politics of non-violence engagement can be realized by fostering a culture of tolerance as the acceptance of reasonable disagreements and the rejection of violent means in politics. I argue that such a movement has begun to emerge after the June 12 2009 presidential election in the form of the Green Hope Movement.<p /> 
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SN  - 1744-9626
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2010.494361
ID  - ref1
ER  -