Iranian Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century

Name: Iranian Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century
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ISBN: 9780292728042

ISBN-10: 0292728042

ISBN-13: 9780292728042

Edition: 1997

Authors: Ali Gheissari

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Since the middle of the nineteenth century, Iranian intellectuals have been preoccupied by issues of political and social reform, Iran' relation with the modern West, and autocracy, or arbitrary rule. Drawing from a close reading of a broad array of primary sources, this book offers a thematic account of the Iranian intelligentsia from the Constitutional movement of 1905 to the post-1979 revolution. Ali Gheissari shows how in Iran, as in many other countries, intellectuals have been the prime mediators between the forces of tradition and modernity and have contributed significantly to the formation of the modern Iranian self image. His analysis of intellectuals' response to a number of…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 12/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 263
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.05" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.990



Preface


Note on Transliteration and Dates


List of Bibliographic Abbreviations



Introduction: Modern Intellectualism in Iran



Intellectuals in the Constitutional Period



Intellectuals and State Nationalism, 1921-1941



Politics and Literature, 1941-1953



Critique of Westernism and Debates over Modernity



Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index