Psycho-Nationalism - Global Thought, Iranian Imaginations

Psycho-nationalism explores the psychological and political roots of national identity and how these are often utilised by governments.

List of contents

Introduction: love and politics; 1. National hysteria: Roma o'Morte; 2. International hubris: Kings of Kings and Vicegerents of God; 3. Geographic dislocations: Iran is in India; 4. Religious neuroses: Islam and the people; 5. Un-national therapy: freedom and its discontents; 6. Sexing the nation: subversive trans-localities.

About the author

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam is Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS), and Chair of the Centre for Iranian Studies at the London Middle East Institute. In addition he was nominated Senior Associate Fellow at the Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Center for International Studies, Portugal. He is the author of a number of books, including On the Arab Revolts and the Iranian Revolution: Power and Resistance Today (2013), and is the editor of A Critical Introduction to Khomeini (Cambridge, 2014).

Summary

Psycho-nationalism focuses on the history of the use of Iranian identity under the Shah, as well as by the governments since the 1979 Iranian revolution, to offer an exploration into the psychological and political roots of national identity and how these are often utilised by governments.

Product details

• Authors: Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Arshin (School of Oriental and Afr Adib-Moghaddam, Arshin (School of Oriental and African Studies Adib-Moghaddam, Adib-Moghaddam Arshin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781108435703
• ISBN: 978-1-108-43570-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: The Global Middle East; The Global Middle East
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Iran, HISTORY / Middle East / General, Nationalism, Middle Eastern history, Nationalism and nationalist ideologies and movements