Iran in the 21st Century
This multidisciplinary study addresses a host of issues facing Iran. Through a comprehensive study of political, economic, cultural, social, and securityrelated questions, seventeen Iranian researchers tried to create a book that is, as Katouzian states in her preface, “likely to become a standard t...
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International Institute of Islamic Thought
2008-07-01
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| Series: | American Journal of Islam and Society |
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| author | Houchang Hassan-Yari |
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| description | This multidisciplinary study addresses a host of issues facing Iran. Through
a comprehensive study of political, economic, cultural, social, and securityrelated
questions, seventeen Iranian researchers tried to create a book that is, as Katouzian states in her preface, “likely to become a standard text for the
relevant academic courses.”
In an elaborate introduction, the editors paint a quick picture of events
endured by the Iranian people during the twentieth century up to the
advent of the Islamic Republic in 1979. Farideh Farhi examines the question
of crafting a national identity as a national preoccupation in modern
Iranian history. She points to the central role of a narrative reference that
brings together and connects all Iranians. The second main point of her
analysis is the ongoing tension between what she calls autocratic/theocratic/
arbitrary rule and democracy/chaos and Iran’s relationship with the
outside world. Farhi studies three sets of discursive transformations to
illustrate her main points: the transformation of the national question into
an ethnic challenge, of the Islam/pre-Islam dichotomy into a confrontation
between popular sovereignty and patrimonialism, and of how “Iran” sees
itself in the world... |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5722af66bcea48f3ad7c6e01c5423b6b2022-12-21T20:03:48ZengInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtAmerican Journal of Islam and Society2690-37332690-37412008-07-0125310.35632/ajis.v25i3.1459Iran in the 21st CenturyHouchang Hassan-YariThis multidisciplinary study addresses a host of issues facing Iran. Through a comprehensive study of political, economic, cultural, social, and securityrelated questions, seventeen Iranian researchers tried to create a book that is, as Katouzian states in her preface, “likely to become a standard text for the relevant academic courses.” In an elaborate introduction, the editors paint a quick picture of events endured by the Iranian people during the twentieth century up to the advent of the Islamic Republic in 1979. Farideh Farhi examines the question of crafting a national identity as a national preoccupation in modern Iranian history. She points to the central role of a narrative reference that brings together and connects all Iranians. The second main point of her analysis is the ongoing tension between what she calls autocratic/theocratic/ arbitrary rule and democracy/chaos and Iran’s relationship with the outside world. Farhi studies three sets of discursive transformations to illustrate her main points: the transformation of the national question into an ethnic challenge, of the Islam/pre-Islam dichotomy into a confrontation between popular sovereignty and patrimonialism, and of how “Iran” sees itself in the world...https://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1459 |
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