| Title: | Iran as imagined nation: the construction of national identity. 2nd edition (revised edition with a new epilogue) |
| Author: | Mostafa Vaziri |
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| Language: | English |
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| Place: | Piscataway, NJ |
| Publisher: | Gorgias Press |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Pages: | XX, 327 |
| ISBN: | 9781463202279 |
| File: | PDF, 2.38 MB |
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Mostafa Vaziri. Iran as imagined nation: the construction of national identity. 2nd edition (revised edition with a new epilogue). Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2013, XX+327 p. ISBN 9781463202279
Contents
Table of Contents … ix
Foreword to the Second Edition … xi
Acknowledgments … xiv
Preface … xvii
Introduction … 1
Chapter 1. Europe: The Dawn of National Identity … 15
The Emergence of Nationalism … 15
Dynasties, Not Nations … 16
The Decline of Latin and the Rise of the Vernacular Language: a Basis for Proto-National Identity … 17
The Rise of Racism and the Fallacy of Linking Language to Ethnicity … 22
Indo-European Language Family and Aryan Race … 24
Racial Differences and Anthropology … 32
Race, Language, and National Identity … 34
History and Historiography in the Context of National Doctrine … 37
Summary … 42
Chapter 2. Europe Approaches the Orient … 47
The Occident Conceives Iran … 55
Chapter 3. The Conceptualization of Iran in a Nationalistic Context … 59
Persia or Iran … 60
The Appearance and Significance of the Term Iran … 65
Iran and the Aryan Hypothesis … 73
Chapter 4. Iranshahr and Synonymous Designations:
A Political-Historical Inquiry … 83
Iran and its Political Use … 91
Mamalik Mahruse-e Iran … 93
Chapter 5. Problems and Context of National Historiography and the Invention of an Iranian Identity … 97
The Scope of the Problem … 100
Scrutiny of Iranology … 103
“Men of Persian Blood” … 114
The Farsi Language … 120
Firdowsī: A National Chauvinist? … 125
Chapter 6. Dynastic Connection and Identity Construct … 135
Eastern Dynasties … 141
More Orientalists … 155
Chapter 7. Nationalistic Historiography and Identity Construct in Iran … 159
Problems Pointed Out … 160
The Dawn of Nationalistic Historical Writings in Iran … 163
A Final Comment … 177
Chapter 8. The Emergence of Iranian Identity … 179
Background … 179
The Mechanism of Perceiving an Iranian Identity … 182
Secularism … 184
Territorial Zone of Iran … 187
Farsi Language and Enforcement of National Identity … 189
Constitution and Democracy:
Legal Bond of National Identity … 191
Origins of the Formation of Iranian Identity … 192
A Note About Theory and Reality … 207
Popularization of an Iranian Identity … 211
The Islamic Republic and Iranian Identity … 221
A Final Comment … 223
Chapter 9. Iranian Identity, Muslim Identity, and Cultural Schizophrenia … 225
Conclusion … 233
Epilogue … 241
National Identity Studies in Highlight … 244
1. Persian: a Trans-National, not a National, Language … 247
2. Sasanian Iran … 257
3. Geography and Iranian Identity … 264
The Predicament of Archaeology and Race … 267
The Problem of Ancient Identity and Islamic Reaction … 273
The General Appeal for National Identity in Modern Times … 277
Conclusion … 281
Selected Bibliography … 285
Index … 307
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