Iran's quiet revolution : the downfall of the Pahlavi state / Ali Mirsepassi.
Offering a new perspective on Iran's politics and culture in the 1960s and 1970s, Ali Mirsepassi challenges the prevailing view of pre-Revolution Iran, documenting how the cultural elites of the Pahlavi State promoted a series of striking 'Gharbzadegi' or 'Westoxification' d...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2019.
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| Series: | Global Middle East ;
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the quiet revolution
- The "anti-modern" allure
- De-politicizing Westoxification : the case of "Bonyad Monthly"
- Ehsan Naraghi : chronicle of a man for all seasons
- Iranian cinema's "quiet revolution" (1960s-70s)
- "Bearing witness" to Iranian modernities"
- The Shah : a modern mystic?
- The imaginary invention of a nation : Iran in 1930s and 1970s
- An elective affinity : variations of Gharbzadegi.