Identities in Crisis in Iran
Politics, Culture, and Religion
Published on 11. April 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
198 pages
978-1-4985-0643-4 (ISBN)
Description
Identities in Crisis in Iran aims at finding answers to the questions about the puzzling character of the Iranian identity. The contributors acknowledge that identity, especially when it is faced with fundamental tensions as in the case of Iran, is a phenomenon that is constantly developing via factors involving the private self and common social components. This book addresses the tension many Iranian people face that lie between the Persian culture and the Shi'a religion, women versus men, and culture versus traditions.
Reviews / Votes
This collection of articles aims at the complicated character of the Iranian identity and provides interesting case studies for it. Lucid in both arguments and expositions this volume will be essential reading for anyone engaged in the study of Iran. -- Uzi Rabi, Tel Aviv University In this volume, the editor has assembled an interesting cast of novel insights on the complex, challenging, and interesting subject of identity in Iran, through the prisms of politics, culture, and religion. The combination of seasoned and junior Israeli and Iranian scholars discussing questions such as national/Iranian versus ultra-national/Islamic identities and analyzing the links between identity and issues such as Iran's nuclear program, the social media, and even sexuality and beauty all make this collection quite intriguing. -- Soli Shahvar, University of Haifa A thorough, provoking, and challenging collection of chapters and a valuable contribution to the field. -- Ali Ansari, University of St. AndrewsMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4985-0643-4 (9781498506434)
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Persons
Ronen A. Cohen is assistant professor and chair of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science at Ariel University in Israel. He has published numerous books including: The Upheavals in the Middle East: The Theory and Practice of a Revolution (Lexington Books, 2014) and The Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran: Ideology and Practice from the 1950s to the Present.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction, Ronen A. Cohen
Section One: Historical and Current Perspectives on Persian, Islamic, and Contested Religious Identities
Chapter One: The Unending Battle between the Persian and Islamic Identities of Iran, Harold Rhode
Chapter Two: National Identity or Political Legitimacy: The Reconstruction of the City of Bam, Ladan Zarabadi
Section Two: An Islamic-National Identity and Nuclear Program
Chapter Three: The Islamic Identity Project: Between Coercion and Voluntarism, Ofira Seliktar
Chapter Four: Iran's National Identity and the Nuclear Program: A Rational Choice Theory Analysis, Farhad Rezaei
Chapter Five: Overcoming "the -isms": Iranian's Role in the Modern World, from the Perspective of Mahmud Ahmadi-nezhad, Moshe-hay S. Hagigat
Section Three: Sexuality, Beauty, and Social Networking-Between the Private, Self, and the Public Sphere
Chapter Six: The Identity Designers of the Self in Sexuality, Beauty, and Plastic Surgery in Iran, Ronen A. Cohen
Chapter Seven: Iranians against the "Other": Iranian Identity in the Social Media Era, Raz Zimmt
Conclusions
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
Introduction, Ronen A. Cohen
Section One: Historical and Current Perspectives on Persian, Islamic, and Contested Religious Identities
Chapter One: The Unending Battle between the Persian and Islamic Identities of Iran, Harold Rhode
Chapter Two: National Identity or Political Legitimacy: The Reconstruction of the City of Bam, Ladan Zarabadi
Section Two: An Islamic-National Identity and Nuclear Program
Chapter Three: The Islamic Identity Project: Between Coercion and Voluntarism, Ofira Seliktar
Chapter Four: Iran's National Identity and the Nuclear Program: A Rational Choice Theory Analysis, Farhad Rezaei
Chapter Five: Overcoming "the -isms": Iranian's Role in the Modern World, from the Perspective of Mahmud Ahmadi-nezhad, Moshe-hay S. Hagigat
Section Three: Sexuality, Beauty, and Social Networking-Between the Private, Self, and the Public Sphere
Chapter Six: The Identity Designers of the Self in Sexuality, Beauty, and Plastic Surgery in Iran, Ronen A. Cohen
Chapter Seven: Iranians against the "Other": Iranian Identity in the Social Media Era, Raz Zimmt
Conclusions
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index