Being Modern in Iran

Name: Being Modern in Iran
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ISBN: 9780231119412

ISBN-10: 0231119410

ISBN-13: 9780231119412

Edition: 2000

Authors: Fariba Adelkhah

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What does it mean to be modern in Iran today? Can one properly speak of modernity in relation to what many consider to be the paradigmatic Islamic state? Since its 1979 revolution seized the world's attention, the Islamic Republic of Iran has remained a subject of misunderstanding, passion, and polemic, making these questions difficult to answer -- or even to ask. This book -- a study of Iran's political culture in the broadest and deepest sense -- looks into both of these questions by examining the tremendous changes taking place in Iran today. Because of the difficulties posed for researchers and journalists by the nature of the regime, those interested in contemporary Iranian social…

Book details

List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 5/19/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.12" wide x 8.66" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English

Fariba Adelkhah is a senior researcher at the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI/Sciences-po) in Paris.



Acknowledgements


Preface to the English edition


Introduction: A Political Earthquake



When Taxes Bloom in Tehran


Giving Islamic Legitimacy to Taxation


The 'Rentier State' and Taxation in Iran


A Look Inside the Mayor's Gardens


Parks as Scenes of Conflict



The Man of Integrity: A Matter of Style


Javanmardi as a Package


Teyyeb: A Very Ambiguous Hero


The Fruit and Vegetable Market: Inventing Tradition


Javanmardi and Contemporary Life


Javanmardi as a Modern Political 'Imaginaire'



The Economics of Beneficence: Generosity and Business Orientation


Two Islamic Credit Networks


Open-Handedness as a Social Movement



Social Beings, Political Beings: The Story of an Election


The Election Campaign


From the First Round to the Second


Local Issues in an Election


The Strategy of Companies (Sherkat)


Politics in its Own Right, No Longer Sacred


Elections and Political Reformulation



A New Public Space for Islam?


Institutionalising the Religious Sphere


Rationalising and Individualising Processes in Islam


Towards Money Orientation in the Religious Field



Looking after Number One: A Competitive Society


A Sports-mad Republic


Competition and Self-Reflexivity


Self-Reflexivity and Relations with Others


From Social Relations to Social Regulations?


Conclusion


Glossary


Index