Iran's Quiet Revolution: The Downfall of the Pahlavi State

by Ali Mirsepassi

Book Overview

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' discourses. Intended as ideological alternatives to modern and Western-inspired cultural attitudes, these influenced Persian identity politics, and projected Iranian modernity as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108725325
• ISBN13: 9781108725323
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.0"