Bibliography 2: #BIB39796

Key	BIB39796
Reference type	Book
Title	Iran under the Pahlavi Monarchy : Essays in Iranian History, Politics, Culture and Literature
Series title	Iranian Studies
Author	Katouzian, Homa
Year	2025
Publisher	Routledge
Place published	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY
ISBN	9781032934969 9781032935027 9781003566168
Abstract	"Bringing together eighteen essays from Homa Katouzian, this book explores Iranian history, politics, culture, and Persian literature from mediaeval times through the nineteenth century and into the contemporary period. Beginning with an overview of mediaeval Iranian history, the book then considers developments in the nineteenth century, leading to the Constitutional Revolution of 1906-1911 which resulted in the fall of the Qajar dynasty (1785-1925). This is followed by a comprehensive overview of the Pahlavi Monarchy (1925-1979) and a new and original analysis of the Iranian revolution of February 1979. The book also includes essays on modern and classical Persian literature, encompassing Persian poetry and politics (1919-1925), the hitherto unstudied humour in Sadeq Hedayat's life and works, a critical study of Forugh Farrokhzad, a study of Persian literary devices with special reference to the great Persian classic Sa'di, and a study of Sa'di as a lover of beauty and advocate of human morality. The book analyses Iran in a way that has seldom been done in one single volume - the history of the Qajar and Pahlavi dynasties, the two great revolutions in the twentieth century, the unfamiliar nature of state and society in Iranian history, as well as some of the high points in modern and classical Persian literature - and is vital reading for anyone interested in the Middle East"-- Provided by publisher.
Notes	LCCN 2024053763. Bahá'í Faith: pp. Homa Katouzian. Includes bibliographical references and index. Iran in the Middle Ages : from the Islamic conquest to the rise of the Qajars -- Arbitrary despotism and taxation in Iran -- Iran : developments in the nineteenth century : encounters with modernity -- The fall of the Qajars -- Miracles at the Saqqa-khaneh : power struggles, Baha'i pogrom and murder of the American envoy in Tehran -- Politics and poetry in Iran, 1919-1925 -- Iran under the Pahlavi monarchy -- The Iranian Revolution of 1979 followed by the Islamic Revolution of 1981-- Weststruckness : its trials, and its tribulations (with Morad Moazami) -- Hamid Dabashi, the last Muslim intellectual, the life and legacy of Jalal Al-e Ahmad -- The Anglo-Iranian oil crisis revisited : Iran's rejection of the World Bank intervention and the 1953 coup -- Of the sins of Khalil Maleki -- Interest is not Riba : a critical study of Riba and interest in Islam -- Sadeq Hedayat, modern Iranian fiction and the experience of modernity -- Humour in Hedayat -- Was Forugh Farrokhzad a sinner? -- Sa'di, lover of beauty and advocate of human morality -- Sa'di and the others : the semi-rhymed prose, and 'inimitable facility' art. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Language	English
Keywords	IRAN; LITERATURE; HISTORY; CULTURE; POLITICS; PERSECUTION; PAHLAVI DYNASTY; 1925-1979
Call number	DS316.3
Accession number	24094620

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