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Mehrzad Boroujerdi - Iranian Intellectuals and the West, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 1996

Iranian Intellectuals and the West

The Tormented Triumph of Nativism

Av Mehrzad Boroujerdi

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Mehrzad Boroujerdi challenges the way many Americans perceive present-day Iran as well as how Iranians view the West. He examines the works of thinkers seminal in defining modern Iran (virtually unknown in the U.S.) and concludes the Islam was not the primary source of their inspiration. Their efforts to forge an "authentic" national identity lay at the heart of Iranian thought. These intellectuals (both religious and secular) appropriated Islam as the vehicle through which they could most effectively challenge or accommodate modernity and Westernization. Through such a fitting appropriation, Boroujerdi asserts, could modern Iranian thinkers lay the foundation for a nativist vision of an unsullied culture, seemingly free of Western influence. Drawing on the works of Michel Foucault and Edward Said, this book explores how Iranians use their own misunderstandings about the West to form their own identity and, in return, how Westerners describe Iran in negative terms to help them reaffirm the superiority of their own culture. Boroujerdi also argues that Iranian intellectuals have been deeply indebted to Western thought, which has served as the cultural reference through which they continue to struggle with issues of identity and selfhood.
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Mehrzad Boroujerdi is assistant professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

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Mehrzad Boroujerdi's Iranian Intellectuals And The West: The Tormented Triumph Of Nativism challenges the way many Americans perceive present-day Iran as well as how many Iranians view the West. Drawing on the works of Michel Foucault and Edward Said, Iranian Intellectuals And The West explore how Iranians use their own misunderstandings about the West to form their own identity and, in return, how Westerners describe Iran in negative terms to help them reaffirm the superiority of their own culture. Examining the works of thinkers seminal in defining modern Iran, Boroujerdi examines this nativist vision of an unsullied culture, seemly free of Western influence. Iranian Intellectuals And The West is informative, exceptional well researched and written, and will provide essential insights for the study of contemporary Iranian politics, society, and the influence of the west on a complex Islamic nation." — Midwest Book Review

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