02928nam 2200697Ia 450 991081064910332120240516012155.01-281-36295-697866113629590-230-60488-910.1057/9780230604889(CKB)1000000000342395(EBL)307900(OCoLC)560442980(SSID)ssj0001658940(PQKBManifestationID)16440008(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001658940(PQKBWorkID)14986617(PQKB)10226645(SSID)ssj0000280972(PQKBManifestationID)11226912(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280972(PQKBWorkID)10291569(PQKB)11487806(DE-He213)978-0-230-60488-9(MiAaPQ)EBC307900(Au-PeEL)EBL307900(CaPaEBR)ebr10194098(CaONFJC)MIL136295(EXLCZ)99100000000034239520061004d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIran and the challenge of diversity Islamic fundamentalism, Aryanist racism, and democratic struggles /Alireza Asgharzadeh1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20071 online resource (268 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-349-53885-X 1-4039-8080-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis 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.Cultural pluralismIranPan-IranismIranEthnic relationsHistory20th centuryIranPolitics and government20th centuryCultural pluralismPan-Iranism.305.800955Asgharzadeh Alireza953118MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810649103321Iran and the challenge of diversity4060990UNINA