Iran as Imagined Nation

Mostafa Vaziri

Published by Gorgias Press 2013

Iran as Imagined Nation

Mostafa Vaziri

https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463235567

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A critical study of how Iranian nationalism, itself largely influenced by Orientalist scholarship first undertaken by the European Orientalists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, has shaped modern conceptions of Iran and Iranian identity, as well as narratives of Iranian history, leading to the adoption of a broad nationalist construction of identity to suit Iranian political and ideological circumstances. This book argues that such a broad-brushed approach and the term “Iranian” could not have applied to the large multiethnic, multilingual, and multicultural populations in the vast territory of Iran over so many distinct historical periods.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Foreword to the Second Edition Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Europe: The Dawn of National Identity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter 2. Europe Approaches the Orient Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Chapter 3. The Conceptualization of Iran in a Nationalistic Context Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Chapter 4. Iranshahr and Synonymous Designations: A Political-Historical Inquiry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Chapter 5. Problems and Context of National Historiography and the Invention of an Iranian Identity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Chapter 6. Dynastic Connection and Identity Construct Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Chapter 7. Nationalistic Historiography and Identity Construct in Iran Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Chapter 8. The Emergence of Iranian Identity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Chapter 9. Iranian Identity, Muslim Identity, and Cultural Schizophrenia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307

Language: English
Publisher: Gorgias Press
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- Main content: 348

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Published: July 18, 2013
ISBN: 9781463235567