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The emergence of Iranian nationalism : race and the politics of dislocation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zia-Ebrahimi, Reza, 1977- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Iran > Intellectual life > History.
Nationalism > Iran > History.
Intellectual life.
Nationalism.
Iran.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on transliteration and spelling
  • Introduction
  • 1. The paleontology of Iranian nationalism
  • 2. Akhundzadeh and Kermani: the emergence of dislocative nationalism
  • 3. Pre-Islamic Iran and archaistic frenzy
  • 4. Of lizard eaters and invasions: the import of European racial thought
  • 5. Europe, that faraway but close idol
  • 6. Aryanism and dislocation
  • 7. The road to officialdom
  • 8. Triumph
  • Conclusion: The failure of dislocative nationalism
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.