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Record Nr.

UNINA9910148588203321

Autore

Secor Laura

Titolo

Children of Paradise : The Struggle for the Soul of Iran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Rutherford : , : Penguin Publishing Group, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-698-17248-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (489 pages)

Disciplina

955.05/4

Soggetti

Iran Politics and government 1979-1997

Iran Politics and government 1997-

Iran History 1979-1997

Iran History 1997-

Iran Intellectual life 20th century

Iran Intellectual life 21st century

Iran

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Revolution. Little black fish -- Islamic Republic  -- The period of constant contemplation -- Baptism of blood -- Rebirth -- Expansion and contraction --Thermidor --The second of Khordad -- Reform --The chain murders --The eighteenth of Tir -- Master plans --The miracle room --The spider's house-- Postmortem -- Resistance -- A common man -- Asieh --The epic of dirt and dust -- The end of the dirty wars of intellectuals.

Sommario/riassunto

In 1979, seemingly overnight-- moving at a clip some thirty years faster than the rest of the world-- Iran became the first revolutionary theocracy in modern times. Since then, the country has been largely a black box to the West. But inside Iran, a breathtaking drama has unfolded over those years, as religious thinkers, political operatives, poets, journalists, and activists have imagined and reimagined what Iran should be. Drawing as deeply on the traditions of the West as of the East, they have acted upon their beliefs with urgency and passion, and have frequently risked their very lives.--