Defining Iran : politics of resistance / by Shabnam J. Holliday.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holliday, Shabnam J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Iran.

Nationalism.

Political culture--Iran.

Political culture.

Iran--History.

Iran.

Iran--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Defining Iran presents a new and revealing analysis of the way in which Iranian political discourses compete with each other. Deconstructing the intellectual roots and development of Iranian nationalism through the twentieth century, Shabnam Holliday demonstrates how Iran's heritage and historical experience have influenced the construction and reconstruction of Iranian national identity.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Permissions; Acknowledgments; Note on Dates, Transliteration, and Translation; Glossary; Introduction; 1 Discourse of National Identity; 2 Iraniyat and Iranian Identity; 3 Islamiyat and Iranian Identity; 4 Ayatollah Khamene'i's Islamist Discourse of National Identity; 5 Islamist-Iranian Discourse of National Identity: Khatami's State Counter-Discourse; 6 A Contemporary Iranian Identity: Towards a Discourse of Iranian Civic National Identity?; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-57626-0

1-317-15355-3

1-317-15354-5

1-283-04762-4

9786613047625

1-4094-0524-9

9781315576268

OCLC:

710972913