03790nam 22010215 450 991095708520332120240313113550.09786611362959978128136295712813629569780230604889023060488910.1057/9780230604889(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(Perlego)3499439(EXLCZ)99100000000034239520151127d2007 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIran and the Challenge of Diversity Islamic Fundamentalism, Aryanist Racism, and Democratic Struggles /by Ailreza Asgharzadeh1st ed. 2007.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2007.1 online resource (268 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781349538850 134953885X 9781403980809 1403980802 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.RacePolitical sociologyReligion and sociologyEthnologyMiddle EastCultureHuman rightsSocial structureEqualityRace and Ethnicity StudiesPolitical SociologySociology of ReligionMiddle Eastern CultureHuman RightsSocial StructureRace.Political sociology.Religion and sociology.EthnologyCulture.Human rights.Social structure.Equality.Race and Ethnicity Studies.Political Sociology.Sociology of Religion.Middle Eastern Culture.Human Rights.Social Structure.305.800955Asgharzadeh Alireza953118MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957085203321Iran and the Challenge of Diversity4333004UNINA