Sanctioning Iran: A Nietzschean Theory of Negative Imperialism,
Journal: Deep Blue (University of Michigan)
Year: 2017

Juan Cole examines the way in which Iran's development has been stunted in modern history by imperial considerations. From railroads in the nineteenth century to modern day nuclear power restraints: how has Iran been affected by a Eurocentric world system? These imperial considerations include the way in which Iran, unlike Egypt or India, was forbidden by Britain and Russia to build a railroad in the nineteenth century. In later decades the same issue re-emerged, this time in regard to the natio