The Other Iraq : Pluralism and Culture in Hashemite Iraq / Orit Bashkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bashkin, Orit, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.) : 1 table, 6 figures

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Other Iraq challenges the notion that Iraq has always been a totalitarian, artificial state, torn by sectarian violence. Chronicling the rise of the Iraqi public sphere from 1921 to 1958, this enlightening work reveals that the Iraqi intellectual field was always more democratic and pluralistic than historians have tended to believe. Orit Bashkin demonstrates how Sunni, Shi'i, and Kurdish intellectuals effectively created hyphenated Iraqi identities, connoting pride in their individual heritages while simultaneously appropriating and integrating ideas and narratives of Arab and Iraqi nationalism. Illustrating three developmental stages of Iraqi intellectual history, she follows Iraqi intellectuals' changing roles, from agents of democracy, to specialists who analyze the population, to deeply entrenched members of society committed to change. Based on previously unexplored material, this eye-opening work has significant contemporary implications.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Hybrid Iraq

PART 1. ASPECTS OF PLURALISM IN THE IRAQI PUBLIC SPHERE

1. Modest Hopes: Iraqi Intellectuals in the Early 1920s

2. Protecting Pluralism, 1931-1945

3. Renaissance and Revolution, 1945-1958

PART 2. NATIONAL NARRATIVES

4. Narratives of Iraqi and Arab Nationalism(s)

5. Strangers in Our Midst: Iraq's Others

6. The Rural Nation: Intellectuals, Tribesmen, and Peasants

7. Educating the Nation: Modes and Theories of Discipline

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

0-8047-7415-3

OCLC:

1294425492