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Politics of culture in Iran : anthropology, politics and society in the twentieth century / Nematollah Fazeli.
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View onlinePenn Museum Library GN17.3.I7 F39 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fazeli, Nematallah.
- Series:
- RoutledgeCurzon/BIPS Persian studies series
- Routledge/BIPS Persian studies series ; 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropology--Iran--History.
- Anthropology.
- Anthropology--History.
- History.
- Iran--Social life and customs.
- Iran.
- Manners and customs.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 260 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
- Contents:
- 1 Iranian anthropology and ideology 1
- Anthropology as the research problem 1
- Anthropology as the research subject 5
- Methodological and theoretical considerations 7
- The politics of anthropology 17
- Writing a history of anthropology 20
- 2 Anthropology and Iranian cultures: Iranian anthropology 1900-25 27
- Travel accounts 28
- Orientalism 33
- Mythology and nationalist history 34
- Archaeology and the identity question 37
- Folklore and modernist literati 40
- 3 Anthropology and nationalism: Iranian anthropology 1925-41 45
- Political discourses in Reza Shah's time 46
- Anthropology in the reign of Reza Shah 47
- Anthropological institutions 52
- Intellectual nationalist folklore studies 61
- 4 Anthropology and modernization: Iranian anthropology 1941-79 79
- Anthropology and modernization 82
- Anthropology and the West 93
- Indigenization 98
- Monarchic nationalism 104
- Anthropology and anti-modernization 109
- Liberal nationalism 122
- Socialism 125
- 5 Anthropology and Islamism: Iranian anthropology in the 1980s 135
- A Revolution against anthropology 136
- The religious-secular conflict 148
- The culture of anthropology versus political culture 159
- 6 Anthropology and Islamic modernization: Iranian anthropology in the 1990s 165
- Structural changes in postwar Iran 166
- The teaching of anthropology 172
- Local knowledge studies 182
- Studies of the nomads 187
- Cultural heritage studies 190
- Folklore studies 196
- 7 Iranian anthropology: a conclusion 201
- Rethinking anthropology in Iran 212.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-248) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415370051
- OCLC:
- 58050851
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