Iran's quiet revolution : the downfall of the Pahlavi state / Ali Mirsepassi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mirsepassi, Ali, author.

Series:

Global Middle East (Cambridge, England)

The global Middle East ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1878-1944.

Reza Shah Pahlavi.

Civilization.

Social conditions.

Iran--History--Pahlavi dynasty, 1925-1979.

Iran.

History.

Iran--Social conditions--20th century.

Iran--Civilization--20th century.

Islam and politics--Iran.

Islam and politics.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 241 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"In remembering the 1978 Iranian Revolution, there is a scholarly convention of memory capturing our imagination. A given consensus seems to be evolving that, at the cultural and intellectual levels, the Revolution represented a sharp cultural war opposing the "modernist" Pahlavi State to a fiercely traditional "religious" opposition. Following this unthought template, the Revolution is recalled as a major confrontation between modernity and tradition. This book ventures a different and more nuanced analysis, arguing for a convergence of anti-modern, spiritual, and nativist discourse in both the Pahlavi state and the Islamist revolutionary movement"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intorduction : the quiet revolution

The "anti-modern" allure

De-politicizing Westoxification : the case of "Bonyad Monthly"

Ehsan Naraghi : chronicle of a man for all seasons

Iranian cinema's "quiet revolution" (1960s-70s)

"Bearing witness" to Iranian modernities"

The Shah : a modern mystic?

The imaginary invention of a nation : Iran in 1930s and 1970s

An elective affinity : variations of Gharbzadegi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-231) and index.

ISBN:

9781108485890

1108485898

9781108725323

1108725325

OCLC:

1089881837