Can I read The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran (Cambridge Middle East Studies, Series Number 40) on EtoBox?

The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran (Cambridge Middle East Studies, Series Number 40) by Ali M. Ansari is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran (Cambridge Middle East Studies, Series Number 40) about?

<p>This sophisticated and challenging book by the distinguished historian Ali M. Ansari explores the idea of nationalism in the creation of modern Iran. It does so by considering the broader developments in national ideologies that took place following the emergence of the European Enlightenment and showing how these ideas were adopted by a non-European state. Ansari charts a course through twentieth-century Iran, analyzing the growth of nationalistic ideas and their impact on the state and demonstrating the connections between historiographical and political developments. In so doing, he shows how Iran's different regimes manipulated ideologies of nationalism and collective historical memory to suit their own ends. Firmly relocating Reza Shah within the context of the Constitutional Revolution, Ansari argues that Reza Pahlavi's identification with a monarchy by Divine Right bore a greater resemblance to, and facilitated, the religious nationalism that catapulted Ayatollah Khomeini to power on the back of a populist and highly personalized mythology. Drawing on hitherto untapped sources, the book concludes that it was the revolutionary developments and changes that occurred during

Who reads The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran (Cambridge Middle East Studies, Series Number 40)?

Author

Ali M. Ansari

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781139020978

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, History, Government & Politics