Iranian Identity and Cosmopolitanism: Spheres of Belonging

Book Overview

Since cosmopolitanism has often been conceived as a tenet of 'Western civilization' that emanates from its Enlightenment-based origins in a humanist age of modernity, Iranian Identity and Cosmopolitanism: Spheres of Belonging advances a highly innovative gesture by contemplating the implications and relevance of the idea in a so-called non-Western cultural territory.

The particularities of the Iranian and Islamic context shed new light...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472567420
• ISBN13: 9781472567420
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"