Transnational Intellectual Debates

Sabrina Mervin (1, 2)

1 CéSor - Centre d’études en sciences sociales du religieux
2 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Since the 1990s and the diffusion of the ideas of the Iranian reformists, the debates have intensified in Shiite clerical circles. After a review of the exchanges that took place in these circles, from the 1950s, particularly between Iran, Iraq and Lebanon, this chapter analyzes the different aspects of Iranian influence: the Revolution, first, but also, then, a modernist reformism (Soroush, Shabestari). It is transmitted and discussed through translations, journals and the circulation of clerics. "New theology" and philosophy arouse interest outside of Iran.

Mots clés: Shiism; tansnationalism; reformism; Iran

Domaines: Religions; Histoire; Sociologie; Science politique

Sabrina Mervin. Transnational Intellectual Debates . Sabrina Mervin. The Shi‘a Worlds and Iran, Saqi Books, pp.321-346, 2010. ⟨halshs-01860202⟩