Lost Wisdom: Rethinking Modernity in Iran

by Abbas Milani

Book Overview

In the essays collected here, Abbas Milani uses an impressive array of cross-disciplinary Western and Iranian theories and texts to investigate the crucial question of modernity in Iran today. He offers a wealth of new insights into the thousand-year-old conflict in Iran between the search for modernity and the forces of religious obscurantism. illuminating accounts of the work of Iranian intellectuals -- both men and women -- and their artistic movements...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0934211906
• ISBN13: 9780934211901
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Mage Publishers
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"