Iranian Studies : Selected Writings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gheissari, Ali.

Series:

Iran Studies

Iran Studies ; v.28

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (742 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Summary:

This volume presents a selection of essays on modern Iranian history. It highlights key intellectual and political changes from the Qajar to Pahlavi periods and beyond. Together, these essays offer valuable insights into Iran's evolving intellectual and political landscape.

Contents:

Front Cover

‎Half-Title Page

‎Series Title Page

‎Title Page

‎Copyright Page

‎Contents

‎Preface

‎Acknowledgements

‎Figures, Maps, and Tables

‎Note on Transliteration, Dates, and Translations

‎Bibliographic Information

‎Part 1. History, Literature, Politics

‎Chapter 1. Maqāleh, Resāleh, and Ketāb: An Overview of Persian Expository and Analytical Prose

‎Chapter 2. Fruits of the Gardens: Ethics, Metaphysics, and Textual Pleasures in Late Qajar Iran

‎Chapter 3. Unequal Treaties and the Question of Sovereignty in Qajar and Early Pahlavi Iran

‎Chapter 4. Extraterritoriality and Capitulations in Qajar Iran (Chehabi and Gheissari)

‎Chapter 5. Iran's Dialectic of the Enlightenment: Constitutional Experience, Transregional Connections, and Conflicting Narratives of Modernity

‎Chapter 6. Merchants without Borders

‎Chapter 7. The Idea of Commerce and Its Configurations in Late Qajar Iran: Domestic and Transregional Contexts

‎Chapter 8. Despots of the World Unite! Satire in the Iranian Constitutional Press

‎Chapter 9. The Poetry and Politics of Farrokhi Yazdi

‎Chapter 10. Constitutional Rights and the Development of Civil Law in Iran, 1907-1941

‎Chapter 11. Recollections of the Risbāf (Carding) Complex in Qom

‎Chapter 12. The American College of Tehran, 1929-1932: A Memorial Album

‎Chapter 13. The U.S. Coup of 1953 in Iran, Sixty Years On

‎Chapter 14. Truth and Method in Modern Iranian Historiography and Social Sciences

‎Chapter 15. Authorial Voices and the Sense of an Ending in Persian Diaries: Notes on Eʿtemād al-Saltaneh and Alam

‎Chapter 16. Iran's Democracy Debate (Gheissari and Nasr)

‎Chapter 17. The Conservative Consolidation in Iran (Gheissari and Nasr)

‎Chapter 18. New Conservative Politics and Electoral Behavior in Iran (Gheissari and Sanandaji).

‎Part 2. Memorial Notes, Interviews, Commentaries

‎Memorial Notes

‎Chapter 19. Zein al-Abedin Moʾtamen: Teacher, Writer, and Critic

‎Chapter 20. Hamid Enayat, Professor of Political Science and of the Intellectual History of the Modern Middle East

‎Chapter 21. Hossein Ziai, Professor of Philosophy and Iranian Studies

‎Chapter 22. Ehsan Yarshater: Doyen of Iranian Studies

‎Chapter 23. Khalil Mostowfi: Bookseller, Assessor of Manuscripts, Lithographs, and Rare Titles in Iranian Studies

‎Interviews

‎Chapter 24. Amin al-Dowleh Was a Reformist, Not a Revolutionary

‎Chapter 25. Étatisme of Iranian Intellectuals at the End of the Qajar Period

‎Chapter 26. Mohammad-Ali Forughi: The Early Pahlavi State and the Need for Institution Building

‎Chapter 27. The Century of Intellectuals

‎Chapter 28. Social Thought and Its Significance for Sociology

‎Chapter 29. Iranian Intellectuals, Past and Present

‎Commentaries

‎Chapter 30. Khatt va Rabt: The Significance of Private Papers for Qajar Historiography

‎Chapter 31. Iranian Intellectuals and the Idea of Progress

‎Chapter 32. Lost and Found in Translation: Kant in Persian Philosophical Prose

‎Chapter 33. Science Studies and the Question of Language in Contemporary Iran

‎Bibliography

‎General Index

Back Cover.

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ISBN:

90-04-75031-2

OCLC:

1591750614