"The Iran depicted in the headlines is a rogue state ruled by ever-more-defiant Islamic fundamentalists. Yet inside the borders, an unheralded transformation of a wholly different political bent is occurring. "A liberal renaissance," as one Iranian thinker terms it, is emerging in Iran, and in this pamphlet, Danny Postel charts the contours of the intellectual upheaval. A provocative and incisive polemic highly relevant to our times, this work will be of interest to anyone who wants to get beyond alarmist rhetoric and truly understand contemporary Iran."--BOOK JACKET.