num_pages: 256
description: "This book is the first collection of its kind.  It brings together articles by historians, sociologists and political scientists as well as contributions by intellectuals and essayists currently engaged in the intellectual scene in Iran, thus outlining not only a range of intellectual concerns and trends in the tumultuous 20th century but also presenting authentic insights from a number of present-day participants."--Ahmad Ashraf, Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University Intellectual Trends in Twentieth-Century Iran , a collection of essays by journalists and Iranian scholars based in both North America and the Middle East, examines the major intellectual trends in twentieth-century Iran and explores the role that the intellectual has played in shaping the debates and political culture in both prerevolutionary and postrevolutionary Iran.  The issues discussed in this collection are among the most provocative in contemporary Iran and range from the hermeneutics of Mojtahed-Shabestari to the movement of the reformist press to clerical discourses on the subject of women's rights.  Additionally, Intellectual Trends discusses broader issues such as Iranian liberalism and the relationship between tradition and modernity with a depth and insight that is essential in understanding the diverse issues facing a contemporary Middle East.  Together, the collection provides a valuable account and analysis of the intellectual currents in this pivotal state across the last century. ContentsIntroductionPart I. Intellectual Discourse in Pahlavi Iran1. The Ambivalent Modernity of Iranian Intellectuals, by Mehrzad Boroujerdi2. Khalil The Odd Intellectual Out, by Homa Katouzian3. Ahmad Shamlu and the Contingency of Our Future, by Hamid Dabashi and Golriz Dahdel4. The Discourse of "Authentic Culture" in Iran of the 1960s and 1970s, by Negin NabaviPart II. Intellectual Expressions and Dynamics in Postrevolutionary Iran5. Crossing the Iranian Intellectuals after the Islamic Revolution, by Morad Saghafi6. Religious Intellectuals and Political Action in the Reform Movement, by Hamidreza Jalaeipour7. Improvising in Transgressive Politics of the Reformist Press in Postrevolutionary Iran, by Farideh Farhi8. Sacral Defense of Dissident Political Theology in Iran, by Mahmoud Sadri9. Women's Rights and Clerical The Legacy of 'Allameh Tabataba'i, by Ziba Mir-Hosseini Negin Nabavi is assistant professor of Near Eastern studies at Princeton University.
language: English
title: Intellectual Trends in Twentieth-Century Iran: A Critical Survey
titlecomplete: Intellectual Trends in Twentieth-Century Iran: A Critical Survey
genres: Iran
ratings_count: 1
publisher: University Press of Florida