Continuity In Iranian Identity
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Continuity In Iranian Identity
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Author : Fereshteh Davaran
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-02-26
Continuity In Iranian Identity written by Fereshteh Davaran and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-26 with History categories.
Despite changes in sovereignty and in religious thought, certain aspects of Iranian culture and identity have persisted since antiquity. Drawing on an exploration of history, religion and literature to define Iranian cultural identity and link the Persian past with more recent cultural and political phenomena, this book examines the history of Iran from its ancient roots to the Islamic period, paying particular attention to pre-Islamic Persian religions and their influence upon later Muslim practices and precepts in Iran. Accessible English translations of the pre-Islamic Andarz (Advice) literature and of the Adab (Counsel) genre of the Islamic era illustrate the convergence of religion and literature in Iranian culture and how the explicitly religious Adab texts were very much influenced and shaped by the Andarz sources. Within the context of this historical material, and in particular the pre-Islamic religious material, the author highlights its literary and ethical implications on post-Islamic Iranian identity. Exploring the link between a consistent pre-Islamic Iranian identity and a unique post-Islamic one, this book will be of interest to students of Iranian Studies, Middle Eastern studies and Religious Studies, as well as anyone wishing to learn more about Persian history and culture.
Iran Facing Others
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Author : A. Amanat
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-02-13
Iran Facing Others written by A. Amanat and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-13 with Political Science categories.
Iran's long history and complex cultural legacy have generated animated debates about a homogenous Iranian identity in the face of ethnic, linguistic and communal diversity. The volume examines the fluid boundaries of pre-modern identity in history and literature as well as the shaping of Iranian national identity in the 20th century.
Modern Iran Dialectics
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Author : Michael E. Bonine
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1981-01-01
Modern Iran Dialectics written by Michael E. Bonine and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981-01-01 with History categories.
Iranian Culture
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Author : Nasrin Rahimieh
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-08-27
Iranian Culture written by Nasrin Rahimieh and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-27 with Social Science categories.
Throughout modern Iranian history, culture has served as a means of imposing unity and cohesion onto society. The Pahlavi monarchs used it to project an image of Iran as an ancient civilisation, re-emerging as an equal to Western nations, while the revolutionaries deployed it to remake the country into an Islamic nation. Just as Iranian culture has been continually re-interpreted, the representations and avocations of Iranian identity vary amongst Iranians across the world. Iranian Culture: Representation and Identity demonstrates these fissures and the incompatibilities that refuse to be written out of national culture, analysing works of literature, popular music, graphic art and film, as well as oral narratives. Using works produced before and after the 1979 revolution, created both inside and outside of Iran, this study reveals neglected complexities and contradictions in the field of Iranian cultural production. It considers how contested claims to culture, whether they originated in Iran or the Iranian diaspora, shape our understanding of this culture and what spaces they create for new articulations of it, and in doing so offers an important re-examination of our collective concept of culture. This book would be an excellent resource for students and scholars of Middle East Studies and Iranian Studies, specifically Iranian culture including film and contemporary literature and the Iranian diaspora.
Forming National Identity In Iran
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Author : Ali Mozaffari
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-06-20
Forming National Identity In Iran written by Ali Mozaffari and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-20 with History categories.
Modern Iran is a country with two significant but competing discourses of national identity, one stemming from ancient pre-Islamic customs and mythology, the other from Islamic Shi'i practices and beliefs. At one time co-existing and often mutually reinforcing, in more modern times they have been appropriated by intellectuals and the state who have drawn upon their narratives and traditions to support and authenticate their ideologies. The result has been an often-confused notion of identity in Iran. In this essential work, Ali Mozaffari explores the complex processes involved in the formation of Iranian national identity. He lays particular stress upon the importance of place, for it is through the concept of place that collective national identity and ideas of homeland are expressed and disseminated. The author reveals the ways in which homeland is conceived both through designated permanent sites and ritual performance, illustrating his arguments through an analysis of the ancient Achaemenid capital of Persepolis and the Shi'i rituals of Moharram. In a final part of the book, he extends his analysis to the Ancient Iran Museum and the Islamic Period Museum, housed in the National Museum of Iran, showing how the major transformations of twentieth-century Iran, which have so far been perceived in terms of political discourses and historical events, are in fact concerned with conceiving place. Forming National Identity in Iran offers powerful insights into the forces shaping national identity in Iran, which makes it a valuable contribution to the cultural and political importance of place.
Identities In Crisis In Iran
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Author : Ronen A. Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2015-03-18
Identities In Crisis In Iran written by Ronen A. Cohen and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-18 with Political Science categories.
Identities in Crisis in Iran aims at finding answers to the questions about the puzzling character of the Iranian identity. The contributors acknowledge that identity, especially when it is faced with fundamental tensions as in the case of Iran, is a phenomenon that is constantly developing via factors involving the private self and common social components. This book addresses the tension many Iranian people face that lie between the Persian culture and the Shi’a religion, women versus men, and culture versus traditions.
Iran As Imagined Nation
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Author : Mostafa Vaziri
language : en
Publisher: Gorgias PressLlc
Release Date : 2013
Iran As Imagined Nation written by Mostafa Vaziri and has been published by Gorgias PressLlc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
A critical study of how Iranian nationalism, itself largely influenced by Orientalist scholarship first undertaken by the European Orientalists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, has shaped modern conceptions of Iran and Iranian identity, as well as narratives of Iranian history, leading to the adoption of a broad nationalist construction of identity to suit Iranian political and ideological circumstances. This book argues that such a broad-brushed approach and the term "Iranian" could not have applied to the large multiethnic, multilingual, and multicultural populations in the vast territory of Iran over so many distinct historical periods.
The Power Of Iranian Narratives
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Author : Laleh Shahideh
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 2004
The Power Of Iranian Narratives written by Laleh Shahideh and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Social Science categories.
This book examines how, through the mediation of past history and current cultural and professional experience, selected Iranian professionals who came to the United States after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, created new identities and possibilities for the future. The stories and experiences of these individuals speak of elements that have contributed to Iranians' view of themselves and their relationship with one another. The study touches upon the conflict between Iranians' national/cultural and religious identities and explains how individuals' understanding of power and capacity to act is interrelated with the sequences, continuity, and preservation of historical events. Furthermore, it describes how, through interpretation and re-interpretation of narratives, individuals and communities can reflect upon their understanding and ownership of power and make changes that reconnect and empower them in the future. The power of narrative is a medium to initiate a long overdue dialogue amongst Iranians that could help heal the history of a thousand years.
Iranian Identity In The Course Of History
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Author : Carlo G. Cereti
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Iranian Identity In The Course Of History written by Carlo G. Cereti and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
Iran And The World
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Author : Shireen Hunter
language : en
Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1990
Iran And The World written by Shireen Hunter and has been published by Bloomington : Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
In this examination of Iran's foreign relations over the past decade Hunter emphasizes the prevailing forces of continuity, the underlying patterns of prerevolutionary external relations extending into the postrevolutionary period. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR