Iranian Studies

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1. Social Movements in Iran

   Environmentalism and Civil Society

   By Simin Fadaee

   Series: Iranian Studies

   Despite the growing significance of social movements worldwide, scholarship on the subject remains largely Western in nature, with studies written primarily by Western scholars and based on the experiences of Western cultures and societies. This book makes an important contribution to the study of...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
2. Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam

   Qur'an, Exegesis, Messianism and the Literary Origins of the Babi Religion

   By Todd Lawson

   Series: Iranian Studies

   Of the several works on the rise and development of the Babi movement, especially those dealing with the life and work of its founder, Sayyid Ali Muhammad Shirazi, few deal directly with the compelling and complex web of mysticism, theology and philosophy found in his earliest compositions. This...

   Published October 25th 2011 by Routledge
3. City of Knowledge in Twentieth Century Iran

   Shiraz, History and Poetry

   By Setrag Manoukian

   Series: Iranian Studies

   This book presents a cultural history of modern Iran from the point of view of Shiraz, a city famous for its poetry and its traditions of scholarship. Exploring the relationship among history, poetry and politics, the book analyses how Shiraz came to be defined as the country’s cultural capital,...

   Published October 25th 2011 by Routledge
4. Domestic Violence in Iran

   Women, Marriage and Islam

   By Zahra Tizro

   Series: Iranian Studies

   This book offers a new methodological and theoretical approach to the highly sensitive and complicated issue of violence against women in contemporary Iran. Challenging the widespread notion that secularisation and modernisation are the keys to emancipating women, the author instead posits that...

   Published October 23rd 2011 by Routledge
5. Gender in Contemporary Iran

   Pushing the Boundaries

   Edited by Roksana Bahramitash, Eric Hooglund

   Series: Iranian Studies

   This book examines gender and the dynamics of social change in contemporary Iran, documenting the changes in women’s lives and showing how women have now become agents of social change rather than victims. Bringing together the detailed primary research of a number of eminent scholars working in...

   Published March 23rd 2011 by Routledge
6. Sadeq Hedayat

   His Work and his Wondrous World

   Edited by Homa Katouzian

   Series: Iranian Studies

   Featuring contributions from leading scholars of Iranian studies and / or comparative literature, this edited comprehensive and critical edited collection provides detailed scholarly analysis of Hedayat's life and work using a variety of methodological and conceptual approaches. Hedayat...

   Published March 14th 2011 by Routledge
7. New Perspectives on Safavid Iran

   Empire and Society

   Edited by Colin P. Mitchell

   Series: Iranian Studies

   Dedicated to the renowned Safavid historian Roger Savory, this book brings together a collection of studies on the Safavid state of Iran (1501-1722) from the perspectives of political, social, literary, and artistic history. Savory, a doyen of Safavid studies in the 1960s and 1970s, was...

   Published March 3rd 2011 by Routledge
8. Islamic Tolerance

   Amir Khusraw and Pluralism

   By Alyssa Gabbay

   Series: Iranian Studies

   Although pluralism and religious tolerance are most often associated today with Western Enlightenment thinkers, the roots of these ideologies stretch back to non-Western and premodern societies, including many under Muslim rule. This book explores the development of pluralism in Islam in South Asia...

   Published May 4th 2010 by Routledge
9. Continuity in Iranian Identity

   Resilience of a Cultural Heritage

   By Fereshteh Davaran

   Series: Iranian Studies

   Despite changes in sovereignty and in religious thought, certain aspects of Iranian culture and identity have persisted since antiquity. Drawing on an exploration of history, religion and literature to define Iranian cultural identity and link the Persian past with more recent cultural and...

   Published February 23rd 2010 by Routledge
10. Journalism in Iran

    From Mission to Profession

    By Hossein Shahidi

    Series: Iranian Studies

    Focusing on newspapers, radio and television, this book provides the first systematic investigation of the development of journalism in Iran following the 1979 Revolution and the establishment of the Islamic Revolution....

    Published February 3rd 2010 by Routledge