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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231175760
  • 9780231541114
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.5 23
LOC classification:
  • DS266 .Z53 2016
  • DS266
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
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
Summary: 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 "dislocative nationalism," in which pre-Islamic Iran is cast as a golden age, Islam is reinterpreted as an alien religion, and Arabs become implacable others. Dislodging Iran from its empirical reality and tying it to Europe and the Aryan race, this ideology remains the most politically potent form of identity in Iran.Akhundzadeh and Kermani's nationalist reading of Iranian history has been drilled into the minds of Iranians since its adoption by the Pahlavi state in the early twentieth century. Spread through mass schooling, historical narratives, and official statements of support, their ideological perspective has come to define Iranian culture and domestic and foreign policy. Zia-Ebrahimi follows the development of dislocative nationalism through a range of cultural and historical materials, and he captures its incorporation of European ideas about Iranian history, the Aryan race, and a primordial nation. His work emphasizes the agency of Iranian intellectuals in translating European ideas for Iranian audiences, impressing Western conceptions of race onto Iranian identity.
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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

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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 "dislocative nationalism," in which pre-Islamic Iran is cast as a golden age, Islam is reinterpreted as an alien religion, and Arabs become implacable others. Dislodging Iran from its empirical reality and tying it to Europe and the Aryan race, this ideology remains the most politically potent form of identity in Iran.Akhundzadeh and Kermani's nationalist reading of Iranian history has been drilled into the minds of Iranians since its adoption by the Pahlavi state in the early twentieth century. Spread through mass schooling, historical narratives, and official statements of support, their ideological perspective has come to define Iranian culture and domestic and foreign policy. Zia-Ebrahimi follows the development of dislocative nationalism through a range of cultural and historical materials, and he captures its incorporation of European ideas about Iranian history, the Aryan race, and a primordial nation. His work emphasizes the agency of Iranian intellectuals in translating European ideas for Iranian audiences, impressing Western conceptions of race onto Iranian identity.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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