Iranian intellectuals in the 20th century / Ali Gheissari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gheissari, Ali, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectuals--Iran--Political activity.

Intellectuals.

Political culture--Iran.

Political culture.

Iran--Intellectual life--20th century.

Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Iranian intellectuals in the twentieth century

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the middle of the nineteenth century, Iranian intellectuals have been preoccupied by issues of political and social reform, Iran's 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 fundamental questions, such as nationalism, identity, and the relation between Islam and modern politics, sheds new light on the factors that led to the Iranian Revolution—the twentieth century's first major departure from Western political ideals—and helps explain the complexities surrounding the reception of Western ideologies in the Middle East.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

Note on Transliteration and Dates

List of Bibliographic Abbreviations

I Introduction: Modern Intellectualism in Iran

2 Intellectuals in the Constitutional Period

3 Intellectuals and State Nationalism, 1921-1941

4 Politics and Literature, 1941-1953

5 Critique of Westernism and Debates over Modernity

6 Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-238) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79956-X

0-585-23436-1

OCLC:

614623583