Maximalist and Minimalist Approach to Islam in Iranian Religious-Political Thought of Second Half of the 20th Century

Abstract

This article focuses on evolution of Iranian religious political thought of the second half of the 20th century. The author uses philosophic notions of “minimalist” and “maximalist” approach to the role of religion in social and political processes with the aim to classify different ideological conceptions that were born at that time and exist nowadays.