Beyond the Islamic Revolution: Perceptions of Modernity and Tradition in Iran before and after 1979 9783110399882, 9783110399592

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Beyond the Islamic Revolution: Perceptions of Modernity and Tradition in Iran before and after 1979
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The volume contributes to a better understanding of Iranian history since 1953, with a focus on societal change and its

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Were the thirteen essays Michel Foucault wrote in 1978–1979 endorsing the Iranian Revolution an aberration of his earlie

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Were the thirteen essays Michel Foucault wrote in 1978–1979 endorsing the Iranian Revolution an aberration of his earlie

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In this critical analysis, Laetitia Nanquette explores how Iranian literature has functioned and circulated since the 19

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Analyses contemporary Iranian literature in both Iran and its diaspora, in relation to the social, economic and politica

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This collection explores birthing in the Pacific against the background of debates about tradition and modernity. A wide

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It is widely held today that classical Islamic law denies that wives have any obligation to do housework. Marion Holmes

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I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation From the Sasanian to the Safavid Empire, and from Qajar Ir

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Since the age of the Sasanian Empire (224-651 AD), Iran and the West have time and again appeared to be at odds. Iran an

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Those who survived the brutal dictatorship of the Somoza family have tended to portray the rise of the women’s movement

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