The Emergence of Iranian Nationalism : : Race and the Politics of Dislocation / / Reza Zia-Ebrahimi.

Reza Zia-Ebrahimi revisits the work of Fath?ali Akhundzadeh and Mirza Aqa Khan Kermani, two Qajar-era intellectuals who founded modern Iranian nationalism. In their efforts to make sense of a difficult historical situation, these thinkers advanced an appealing ideology Zia-Ebrahimi calls "dislo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliteration and Spelling
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Paleontology of Iranian Nationalism
  • 2. Akhundzadeh and Kermani: The Emergence of Dislocative Nationalism
  • 3. Pre-Islamic Iran and Archaistic Frenzy
  • 4. Of Lizard Eaters and Invasions: The Import of European Racial Thought
  • 5. Europe, That Feared Yet Admired Idol
  • 6. Aryanism and Dislocation
  • 7. The Road to Officialdom
  • 8. Triumph
  • Conclusion: The Failure of Dislocative Nationalism
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index