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Boroujerdi, Mehrzad

 
9780815604334: Iranian Intellectuals and the West: The Tormented Triumph of Nativism
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0815604335 ISBN 13 : 9780815604334
Editeur : Syracuse University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Mehrzad Boroujerdi challenges the way many Americans perceive present-day Iran as well as how Iranians view the West. He examines the works of thinkers seminal in defining modern Iran (virtually unknown in the U.S.) and concludes that Islam was not the primary source of their inspiration. Their efforts forge an "authentic" national identity lay at the heart of Iranian thought. These intellectuals (both religious and secular) appropriated Islam as the vehicle through which they could most effectively challenge or accommodate modernity and Westernization. Through such a fitting appropriation, Boroujerdi asserts, could modern Iranian thinkers lay the foundation for a nativist vision of an unsullied culture, seemingly free of Western influence.

Drawing on the works of Michel Foucault and Edward Said, this book explore how Iranians use their own misunderstandings about the West to form their own identity and, in return, how Westerns describe Iran in negative terms to help them reaffirm the superiority of their own culture. Boroujerdi also argues that Iranian intellectuals have been deeply indebted to Western thought, which has served as the cultural reference through which they continue to struggle with issues of identity and selfhood.

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À propos de l'auteur

Mehrzad Boroujerdi is O'Hanley Faculty Scholar and professor of political science at Syracuse University's Maxwell School, and former president of the International Society for Iranian Studies. He is the co-author of Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook and editor of Mirror for the Muslim Prince: Islam and the Theory of Statecraft.

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Éditeur
Syracuse University Press
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0815604335
ISBN 13 
9780815604334
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Broché
Nombre de pages
276
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
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