Defining Iran

Politics of Resistance
Neuauflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4094-0523-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 233 mm x 163 mm, Gewicht: 494 g

Defining Iran presents a new and revealing analysis of the way in which Iranian political discourses compete with each other by examining them within the framework of national identity construction. By deconstructing the intellectual roots and development of Iranian national identity, Shabnam Holliday advocates the need to study Iran's heritage and historical experience to understand key shifts and processes in contemporary Iranian politics. Holliday convincingly argues that competing discourses of national identity advocated by political figures from Musaddiq to the current administration demonstrate a politics of resistance to both internal and external forces. With a particular emphasis on Khatami’s presidency, this study compares the meanings attached by significant members of the Iranian political elite to concepts including Iran’s pre-Islamic heritage, Islamic heritage, civilization, 'democracy' and the 'West'. Furthermore, discourses of Iranian national identity exist not in isolation but rather as part of a continuous process construction and reconstruction in Iran's journey of political development; a process manifested so vividly in the revolution of 1979 and the fallout from the 2009 presidential election. Defining Iran simultaneously furthers our understanding of the conceptualization of national identity both generally and specifically in the case of Iran and political dynamics which shape contemporary Iran.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holliday, Shabnam J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Permissions; Acknowledgments; Note on Dates, Transliteration, and Translation; Glossary; Introduction; Chapter 1 Discourse of National Identity; Chapter 2 ĪrÄnÄ'yat and Iranian Identity; Chapter 3 IslÄmÄ'yat and Iranian Identity; Chapter 4 Ayatollah Khamene’i’s Islamist Discourse of National Identity; Chapter 5 Islamist-Iranian Discourse of National Identity; Chapter 6 A Contemporary Iranian Identity; Chapter 101 Conclusions;

Über Autor(innen)

Shabnam J. Holliday is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Plymouth, UK.