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Iran and the Challenge of Diversity : Islamic Fundamentalism, Aryanist Racism, and Democratic Struggles / by Ailreza Asgharzadeh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Asgharzadeh, Alireza.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Race.
- Political sociology.
- Religion and sociology.
- Ethnology--Middle East.
- Ethnology.
- Culture.
- Human rights.
- Social structure.
- Equality.
- Race and Ethnicity Studies.
- Political Sociology.
- Sociology of Religion.
- Middle Eastern Culture.
- Human Rights.
- Social Structure.
- Local Subjects:
- Race and Ethnicity Studies.
- Political Sociology.
- Sociology of Religion.
- Middle Eastern Culture.
- Human Rights.
- Social Structure.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (268 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2007.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This interrogates the racist construction of Aria and Aryanism in an Iranian context, arguing that these concepts gave the Indo-European speaking Persian ethnic group an advantage over Iran's non-Persian nationalities and communities.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; 1 Introduction: Establishing the Boundaries; 2 The Journey between Theory and Practice: Text, Context, and Language; 3 Planting the Seeds of Racism: Diversity and the Problematic of Orientalist Historiography; 4 The Flourishing of Racist Ideology: From Pahlavi Monarchism to the Islamic Republic; 5 Reinforcing Racism: The Dominant Discourse and Praxis; 6 Resisting Racism: The Counterhegemonic Discourse and Praxis; 7 Conclusions: Politics of Assimilation and the Challenge of Diversity; References and Further Reading; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611362959
- 9781281362957
- 1281362956
- 9780230604889
- 0230604889
- OCLC:
- 560442980
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