The politics of nationalism in modern Iran / Ali M. Ansari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ansari, Ali M., author.

Series:

Cambridge Middle East studies ; 40.

Cambridge Middle East studies ; 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Iran--History--20th century.

Nationalism.

Iran--Politics and government--20th century.

Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 327 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first full-length study of Iranian nationalism in nearly five decades, this sophisticated and challenging book by the distinguished historian Ali M. Ansari explores the idea of nationalism in the creation of modern Iran. It does so by considering the broader developments in national ideologies that took place following the emergence of the European Enlightenment and showing how these ideas were adopted by a non-European state. Ansari charts a course through twentieth-century Iran, analysing the growth of nationalistic ideas and their impact on the state and demonstrating the connections between historiographical and political developments. In so doing, he shows how Iran's different regimes manipulated ideologies of nationalism and collective historical memory to suit their own ends. Drawing on hitherto untapped sources, the book concludes that it was the revolutionary developments and changes that occurred during the first half of the twentieth century that paved the way for later radicalisation.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. An Iranian enlightenment; 3. The age of extremes; 4. The age of contestation.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-08913-4

1-139-56401-3

1-283-61078-7

1-139-02097-8

9786613923233

1-139-55042-X

1-139-55538-3

1-139-54917-0

1-139-55413-1

1-139-55167-1

OCLC:

811060227