LEADER 02955nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910784136903321 005 20230721025716.0 010 $a1-281-36295-6 010 $a9786611362959 010 $a0-230-60488-9 024 7 $a10.1057/9780230604889 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342395 035 $a(EBL)307900 035 $a(OCoLC)560442980 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001658940 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16440008 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001658940 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14986617 035 $a(PQKB)10226645 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000280972 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11226912 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280972 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10291569 035 $a(PQKB)11487806 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-230-60488-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC307900 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL307900 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10194098 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136295 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342395 100 $a20061004d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIran and the challenge of diversity$b[electronic resource] $eIslamic fundamentalism, Aryanist racism, and democratic struggles /$fAlireza Asgharzadeh 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (268 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-349-53885-X 311 $a1-4039-8080-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aCultural pluralism$zIran 606 $aPan-Iranism 607 $aIran$xEthnic relations$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aIran$xPolitics and government$y20th century 615 0$aCultural pluralism 615 0$aPan-Iranism. 676 $a305.800955 700 $aAsgharzadeh$b Alireza$0953118 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784136903321 996 $aIran and the challenge of diversity$93770376 997 $aUNINA