Iranian Studies
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Recasting Iranian Modernity
International Relations and Social Change
Series: Iranian Studies
Critically deploying the idea of uneven and combined development this book provides a novel non-Eurocentric account of Iran’s experience of modernity and revolution. Recasting Iranian Modernity presents the argument that Eurocentrism can be decisively overcome through a social theory that has...
To Be Published October 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Iran
Politics, History and Literature
Series: Iranian Studies
This book offers a view of Iran through politics, history and literature, showing how the three angles combine. Iran, being a revolutionary society, experienced two great revolutions within the short span of just seventy years, from the 1900s to the 1970s. Both were massive revolts of the society...
Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge
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Iranian-Russian Encounters
Empires and Revolutions since 1800
Series: Iranian Studies
Over the past two hundred years, encounters between Iran and Russia have been both rich and complex. This book explores the myriad dimensions of the Iranian-Russian encounter during a dramatic period which saw both Iran and Russia subject to revolutionary upheavals and transformed from...
Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge
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Iranian Music and Popular Entertainment
From Motrebi to Losanjelesi and Beyond
Series: Iranian Studies
This book provides broad coverage of popular music in Iran in the twentieth century right up to the present day. It includes an examination of the role of popular music in Iranian society and culture as well as its ongoing development and genres....
To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran
Interior Revolutions of the Modern Era
Series: Iranian Studies
Examining Iran’s recent history through the double lens of domesticity and consumer culture, Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran demonstrates that a significant component of the modernization process in Iran advanced beyond political and public spheres. On the cusp of Iran’s entry into...
Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Social Movements in Iran
Environmentalism and Civil Society
Series: Iranian Studies
Despite the growing significance of social movements worldwide, scholarship on the subject remains largely Western in nature, with studies written primarily by Western scholars and based on the experiences of Western cultures and societies. This book makes an important contribution to the study of...
Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
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Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam
Qur'an, Exegesis, Messianism and the Literary Origins of the Babi Religion
Series: Iranian Studies
Of the several works on the rise and development of the Babi movement, especially those dealing with the life and work of its founder, Sayyid Ali Muhammad Shirazi, few deal directly with the compelling and complex web of mysticism, theology and philosophy found in his earliest compositions. This...
Published October 25th 2011 by Routledge
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City of Knowledge in Twentieth Century Iran
Shiraz, History and Poetry
Series: Iranian Studies
This book presents a cultural history of modern Iran from the point of view of Shiraz, a city famous for its poetry and its traditions of scholarship. Exploring the relationship among history, poetry and politics, the book analyses how Shiraz came to be defined as the country’s cultural capital,...
Published October 25th 2011 by Routledge
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Domestic Violence in Iran
Women, Marriage and Islam
Series: Iranian Studies
This book offers a new methodological and theoretical approach to the highly sensitive and complicated issue of violence against women in contemporary Iran. Challenging the widespread notion that secularisation and modernisation are the keys to emancipating women, the author instead posits that...
Published October 23rd 2011 by Routledge
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Gender in Contemporary Iran
Pushing the Boundaries
Series: Iranian Studies
This book examines gender and the dynamics of social change in contemporary Iran, documenting the changes in women’s lives and showing how women have now become agents of social change rather than victims. Bringing together the detailed primary research of a number of eminent scholars working in...
Published March 23rd 2011 by Routledge
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New Perspectives on Safavid Iran
Empire and Society
Series: Iranian Studies
Dedicated to the renowned Safavid historian Roger Savory, this book brings together a collection of studies on the Safavid state of Iran (1501-1722) from the perspectives of political, social, literary, and artistic history. Savory, a doyen of Safavid studies in the 1960s and 1970s, was...
Published March 3rd 2011 by Routledge
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Islamic Tolerance
Amir Khusraw and Pluralism
Series: Iranian Studies
Although pluralism and religious tolerance are most often associated today with Western Enlightenment thinkers, the roots of these ideologies stretch back to non-Western and premodern societies, including many under Muslim rule. This book explores the development of pluralism in Islam in South Asia...
Published May 4th 2010 by Routledge
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Continuity in Iranian Identity
Resilience of a Cultural Heritage
Series: Iranian Studies
Despite changes in sovereignty and in religious thought, certain aspects of Iranian culture and identity have persisted since antiquity. Drawing on an exploration of history, religion and literature to define Iranian cultural identity and link the Persian past with more recent cultural and...
Published February 23rd 2010 by Routledge
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The Politics of Iranian Cinema
Film and Society in the Islamic Republic
Series: Iranian Studies
Iran has undergone considerable social upheaval since the revolution and this has been reflected in its cinema. Drawing on first-hand interviews and detailed ethnographic research, this book explores how cinema is engaged in the dynamics of social change in contemporary Iran. The ...
Published November 11th 2009 by Routledge
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Modern Persian Literature in Afghanistan
Anomalous Visions of History and Form
Series: Iranian Studies
With the unleashing of the "War on Terror" in the aftermath of 9/11, Afghanistan has become prominent in the news. However, we need to appreciate that no substantive understanding of contemporary history, politics and society of this country can be achieved without a thorough analysis of the Afghan...
Published March 9th 2008 by Routledge