Rethinking Iranian Nationalism and Modernity

<div> <p>While recent books have explored Arab and Turkish nationalism the nuances of Iran have received scant book-length study-until now. Capturing the significant changes in approach that have shaped this specialization <i>Rethinking Iranian Nationalism and Modernity</i> shares innovative research and charts new areas of analysis from an array of scholars in the field.</p> <p>Delving into a wide range of theoretical and conceptual perspectives the essays-all previously unpublished-encompass social history literary theory postcolonial studies and comparative analysis to address such topics as:</p> <ul> <li>Ethnicity in the Islamic Republic of Iran</li> <li>Political Islam and religious nationalism</li> <li>The evolution of U.S.-Iranian relations before and after the Cold War</li> <li>Comparing Islamic and secular nationalism(s) in Egypt and Iran</li> <li>The German counterrevolution and its influence on Iranian political alliances</li> <li>The effects of Israel's image as a Euro-American space</li> <li>Sufism</li> <li>Geocultural concepts in Azar's Atashkadeh</li> </ul> <p>Interdisciplinary in essence the essays also draw from sociology gender studies and art and architecture. Posing compelling questions while challenging the conventional historiographical traditions the authors (many of whom represent a new generation of Iranian studies scholars) give voice to a research approach that embraces the modern era's complexity while emphasizing Iranian nationalism's contested multifaceted and continuously transformative possibilities.</p> </div>