Iran and the Challenge of Diversity : Islamic Fundamentalism, Aryanist Racism, and Democratic Struggles / / by Ailreza Asgharzadeh

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910957085203321
• Autore: Asgharzadeh Alireza
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2007
• ISBN: 9786611362959; 9781281362957; 1281362956; 9780230604889; 0230604889
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2007.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.800955
• Soggetti: Race; Political sociology; Religion and sociology; Ethnology - Middle East; Culture; Human rights; Social structure; Equality; Race and Ethnicity Studies; Political Sociology; Sociology of Religion; Middle Eastern Culture; Human Rights; Social Structure
• 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: Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; 1 Introduction: Establishing the Boundaries; 2 The Journey between Theory and Practice: Text, Context, and Language; 3 Planting the Seeds ; of Racism: Diversity and the Problematic of Orientalist Historiography; 4 The Flourishing of Racist Ideology: From Pahlavi Monarchism to the Islamic Republic; 5 Reinforcing Racism: The Dominant Discourse and Praxis; 6 Resisting Racism: The Counterhegemonic Discourse and Praxis; 7 Conclusions: Politics of Assimilation and the Challenge of Diversity; References and Further Reading; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This interrogates the racist construction of Aria and Aryanism in an Iranian context, arguing that these concepts gave the Indo-European speaking Persian ethnic group an advantage over Iran's non-Persian nationalities and communities.