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Iranian Studies: Selected Writings: Iran Studies, cartea 28

Autor Ali Gheissari
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 feb 2026
This volume offers a selected range of writings that explore key themes in the intellectual, literary, social, and political history of modern Iran. Focusing primarily on the transformative periods from the nineteenth century to the present, the book brings together in-depth studies and analytical pieces that illuminate Iran’s evolving literary and political culture and intellectual currents. By placing Iranian thought in broader contexts, this collection offers an informative and insightful resource for scholars, students, and readers interested in modern Iranian history and its broader intellectual landscape.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789004750302
ISBN-10: 9004750304
Pagini: 620
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Iran Studies


Notă biografică

Ali Gheissari studied Law and Political Science at Tehran University and History at St. Antony’s College, Oxford. He has taught at the University of San Diego and has written extensively in Persian and English on the intellectual history and politics of modern Iran.

Cuprins

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
Note on Transliteration, Dates, and Translations
Bibliographic Information

Part 1 Articles: History, Literature, Politics



1 Maqāleh, Resāleh, and Ketāb: An Overview of Persian Expository and Analytical Prose

2 Fruits of the Gardens: Ethics, Metaphysics, and Textual Pleasures in Late Qajar Iran

3 Unequal Treaties and the Question of Sovereignty in Qajar and early Pahlavi Iran

4 Extraterritoriality and Capitulations in Qajar Iran

5 Iran’s Dialectic of the Enlightenment: Constitutional Experience, Transregional Connections, and Conflicting Narratives of Modernity

6 Merchants without Borders: Trade, Travel, and a Revolution in Late Qajar Iran (1906–1911)

7 The Idea of Commerce and Its Configurations in Late Qajar Iran: Domestic and Transregional Contexts

8 Despots of the World Unite! Satire in the Iranian Constitutional Press (The Majalleh-ye Estebdād, 1907–1908)

9 Poetry and Politics of Farrokhi Yazdi

10 Constitutional Rights and the Development of Civil Law in Iran, 1907–1941

11 Recollections of the Risbāf (Carding) Complex in Qom

12 The American College of Tehran, 1929–1931: A Memorial Album

13 The U.S. Coup of 1953 in Iran, Sixty Years On

14 Truth and Method in Modern Iranian Historiography and Social Sciences

15 Authorial Voices and the Sense of an Ending in Persian Diaries: Notes on Eʿtemād al-Saltaneh and ʿAlam

16 Iran’s Democracy Debate

17 The Conservative Consolidation in Iran

18 New Conservative Politics and Electoral Behavior in Iran

Part 2 Memorial Notes, Interviews, Commentaries



Memorial Notes
19 Zein al-Ābedin Moʾtamen: Teacher, Writer, and Critic

20 Hamid Enayat, Professor of Political Science and of the Intellectual History of the Modern Middle East: A Bio-Bibliographical Introduction

21 Hossein Ziai, Professor of Philosophy and Iranian Studies: A Bio-Bibliographical Introduction

22 Ehsan Yarshater: Doyen of Iranian Studies

23 Khalil Mostowfi: Bookseller, Assessor of Manuscripts, Lithographs, and Rare Titles in Iranian Studies


Interviews
24 Amin al-Dowleh Was a Reformist Not a Revolutionary

25 Étatisme of Iranian Intellectuals in Late Qajar Iran

26 Mohammad Ali Forughi: The Early Pahlavi State and the Need for Institution-Building

27 The Century of Intellectuals

28 Social Thought and Its Significance for Sociology

29 Iranian Intellectuals: Past and Present


Commentaries
30 Khatt va Rabt: The Significance of Private Papers for Qajar Historiography

31 Iranian Intellectuals and the Idea of Progress

32 Lost and Found in Translation: Kant in Persian Philosophical Prose

33 Science Studies and the Question of Language in Contemporary Iran


Bibliography
Index