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"Historians of education, specialists in Middle Eastern studies, and others interested in contemporary Iran will want to read this penetrating book."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : David Menashri
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,1 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780801426124
"Historians of education, specialists in Middle Eastern studies, and others interested in contemporary Iran will want to read this penetrating book."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Dr Stephanie Cronin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 10,43 MB
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1136026940
This collection of essays, by a distinguished group of specialists, offers a new and exciting interpretation of Riza Shah's Iran. A period of key importance, the years between 1921-1941 have, until now, remained relatively neglected. Recently, however, there has been a marked revival of interest in the history of these two decades and this collection brings together some of the best of this recent new scholarship. Illustrating the diversity and complexity of interpretations to which contemporary scholarship has given rise, the collection looks at both the high politics of the new state and at 'history from below', examining some of the fierce controversies which have arisen surrounding such issues as the gender politics of the new regime, the nature of its nationalism, and its treatment of minorities.
Author : Farzin Vejdani
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 20,4 MB
Release : 2014-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 080479281X
Iranian history was long told through a variety of stories and legend, tribal lore and genealogies, and tales of the prophets. But in the late nineteenth century, new institutions emerged to produce and circulate a coherent history that fundamentally reshaped these fragmented narratives and dynastic storylines. Farzin Vejdani investigates this transformation to show how cultural institutions and a growing public-sphere affected history-writing, and how in turn this writing defined Iranian nationalism. Interactions between the state and a cross-section of Iranian society—scholars, schoolteachers, students, intellectuals, feminists, and poets—were crucial in shaping a new understanding of nation and history. This enlightening book draws on previously unexamined primary sources—including histories, school curricula, pedagogical materials, periodicals, and memoirs—to demonstrate how the social locations of historians writ broadly influenced their interpretations of the past. The relative autonomy of these historians had a direct bearing on whether history upheld the status quo or became an instrument for radical change, and the writing of history became central to debates on social and political reform, the role of women in society, and the criteria for citizenship and nationality. Ultimately, this book traces how contending visions of Iranian history were increasingly unified as a centralized Iranian state emerged in the early twentieth century.
Author : Ervand Abrahamian
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 21,40 MB
Release : 2018-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1107198348
A succinct and highly readable narrative of modern Iran from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
Author : Ali Ansari
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,46 MB
Release : 2014-07-22
Category : History
ISBN : 1317864980
Today’s Iran is rarely out of the headlines. Labelled by George W Bush as a part of his ‘axis of evil’ and perceived as a real nuclear threat by some, Iran is increasingly seen as an enemy of the West. And yet for many Iran remains shrouded in mystery and incomprehensible to Western analysis. Modern Iran offers a comprehensive analysis and explanation of political, social and economic developments in Iran during the 20th century. Since it first published in 2003 Modern Iran has become a staple for students and lecturers wishing to gain a clear understand of the history of this strategically important Middle Eastern Country. The new edition will bring us up to dateand will include: an analysis of the successes and failures of the Khatami Presidency; an examination of the effect of 9/11; the rise of the Reform Movement and the efforts to promote Islamic Democracy; the resistance to democratisation among the hardline elites.
Author : Abbas Amanat
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,69 MB
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300248937
A masterfully researched and compelling history of Iran from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first
Author : Ali M. Ansari
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 50,33 MB
Release : 2012-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1139560336
The first full-length study of Iranian nationalism in nearly five decades, this sophisticated and challenging book by the distinguished historian Ali M. Ansari explores the idea of nationalism in the creation of modern Iran. It does so by considering the broader developments in national ideologies that took place following the emergence of the European Enlightenment and showing how these ideas were adopted by a non-European state. Ansari charts a course through twentieth-century Iran, analysing the growth of nationalistic ideas and their impact on the state and demonstrating the connections between historiographical and political developments. In so doing, he shows how Iran's different regimes manipulated ideologies of nationalism and collective historical memory to suit their own ends. Drawing on hitherto untapped sources, the book concludes that it was the revolutionary developments and changes that occurred during the first half of the twentieth century that paved the way for later radicalisation.
Author : ʿAli MīrʹAnṣari
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 34,68 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Iran
ISBN : 0521687179
Author : Afshin Marashi
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 17,48 MB
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0295800615
When Naser al-Din Shah, who ruled Iran from 1848 to 1896, claimed the title Shadow of God on Earth, his authority rested on premodern conceptions of sacred kingship. By 1941, when Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi came to power, his claim to authority as the Shah of Iran was infused with the language of modern nationalism. In short, between roughly 1870 and 1940, Iran's traditional monarchy was forged into a modern nation-state. In Nationalizing Iran, Afshin Marashi explores the changes that made possible this transformation of Iran into a social abstraction in which notions of state, society, and culture converged. He follows Naser al-Din Shah on a tour of Europe in 1873 that led to his importing a new public image of monarchy-an image based on the European late imperial model-relying heavily on the use of public ceremonies, rituals, and festivals to promote loyalty to the monarch. Meanwhile, Iranian intellectuals were reimagining ethnic history to reconcile “authentic” Iranian culture with the demands of modernity. From the reform of public education to the symbolism surrounding grand public ceremonies in honor of long-dead poets, Marashi shows how the state invented and promoted key features of the common culture binding state and society. The ideological thrust of that century would become the source of dramatic contestation in the late twentieth century. Marashi's study of the formative era of Iranian nationalism will be valuable to scholars and students of history, sociology, political science, and anthropology, as well as journalists, policy makers, and other close observers of contemporary Iran.
Author : Hisham Ramadan
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 46,87 MB
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1442625031
Fear is a powerful emotion and a formidable spur to action, a source of worry and – when it is manipulated – a source of injustice. Manufacturing Phobias demonstrates how economic and political elites mobilize fears of terrorism, crime, migration, invasion, and infection to twist political and social policy and advance their own agendas. The contributors to the collection, experts in criminology, law, sociology, and politics, explain how and why social phobias are created by pundits, politicians, and the media, and how they target the most vulnerable in our society. Emphasizing how social phobias reflect the interests of those with political, economic, and cultural power, this work challenges the idea that society’s anxieties are merely expressions of individual psychology. Manufacturing Phobias will be a clarion call for anyone concerned about the disturbing consequences of our culture of fear.