%0 Journal Article %T CRITICAL THOUGHT AND ISLAMIC AWAKENING %J POLITICAL QUARTERLY %I %Z 1735-9678 %A Mirzazadeh, Faramarz %D 2014 %\ 12/22/2014 %V 44 %N 4 %P 723-741 %! CRITICAL THOUGHT AND ISLAMIC AWAKENING %K Arab world %K Critical Theory %K emancipation %K Islamic awakening %K Rationality %R 10.22059/jpq.2014.53791 %X In the framework of critical theory, this essay explains the revolutionary evolutionsin Arab countries of the Middle East and concludes that these evolutions haveIslamic coloration. Thus, it can be called Islamic awakening. Arab world with relyon hidden cultural rationality in Islam criticize current Islamic tradition and westfruition, and with use of the capacity of Islamic emancipation, insurrect againstdominant system. %U https://jpq.ut.ac.ir/article_53791_5908e4065293192c8bd54cc419c00e76.pdf