Iran''s Quiet Revolution - The Downfall of the Pahlavi State

A new perspective on Iranian politics and culture in the 1960s-1970s documenting the 'Westoxification' discourses adopted by the Pahlavi State.

Sommario

Introduction. The Quiet Revolution; 1. The 'Anti-Modern' allure; 2. De-politicizing Westoxification: the case of 'Bonyad monthly'; 3. Ehsan Naraghi: chronicle of a man for all seasons; 4. Iranian cinema's 'Quiet Revolution '(1960s-70s); 5. 'Bearing witness' to Iranian modernities; 6. The Shah: a modern mystic?; 7. The imaginary invention of a nation: Iran in 1930s and 1970s; 8. An elective affinity: variations of Gharbzadegi.

Info autore

Ali Mirsepassi is the Albert Gallatin Research Excellence Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at Gallatin and in the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science at New York University where he is also the director of the Iranian Studies Initiative. He is the author of numerous books including Islam, Democracy, and Cosmopolitanism (Cambridge, 2014), Transnationalism in Iranian Political Thought: The Life and Times of Ahmad Fardid (Cambridge, 2017), Iran's Troubled Modernity: Debating Ahmad Fardid's Legacy (Cambridge, 2018) and co-editor of The Global Middle East series, with Arshin Adib-Moghaddam.

Riassunto

Challenging the prevailing view of pre-Revolution Iran, this new perspective on Iranian politics and culture in the 1960s and 70s documents how the Pahlavi State adopted 'Westoxification' discourses to present ideological alternatives to modern and Western-inspired cultural attitudes in Iran.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ali Mirsepassi, Ali (New York University) Mirsepassi, Mirsepassi Ali
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781108725323
• ISBN: 978-1-108-72532-3
• Pagine: 250
• Serie: The Global Middle East
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945); HISTORY / Middle East / General, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Middle East, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Archaeology, Middle Eastern history, History and Archaeology