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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819577603321

Titolo

Identities in crisis in Iran : politics, culture, and religion / / edited by Ronen A. Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-0643-7

1-4985-0642-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Disciplina

305.800955

Soggetti

Group identity - Iran

National characteristics, Iranian

Islam and state - Iran

Islam and politics - Iran

Identity (Psychology) - Social aspects - Iran

Iran Social conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The unending battle between the Persian and Islamic identities of Iran / Harold Rhode -- National identity or political legitimacy : the reconstruction of the city of Bam / Ladan Zarabadi -- The Islamic identity project : between coercion and voluntarism / Ofira Seliktar -- Iran's national identity and the nuclear program : a rational choice theory analysis / Farhad Rezaei -- Overcoming the "isms" : Iranian's role in the modern world, from the perspective of Mahmod Ahmadi-nezhad / Moshe-hay S. Hagigat -- The identity designers of the self in sexuality, beauty, and plastic surgery in Iran / Ronen A. Cohen -- Iranians against the "other" : Iranian identity in the social media era / Raz Zimmt.

Sommario/riassunto

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction, Ronen A. CohenSection One: Historical and Current Perspectives on Persian, Islamic, and Contested Religious IdentitiesChapter One: The Unending Battle between the Persian and Islamic Identities of Iran, Harold RhodeChapter Two: National Identity or Political Legitimacy: The Reconstruction of the City of Bam, Ladan



ZarabadiSection Two: An Islamic-National Identity and Nuclear ProgramChapter Three: The Islamic Identity Project: Between Coercion and Voluntarism, Ofira SeliktarChapter Four: Iran's National Identity and the Nuclear Program: A Rational Choice Theory Anal