Continuity in Iranian identity : resilience of a cultural heritage / / Fereshteh Davaran
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| Autore: |
Davaran Fereshteh
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| Titolo: |
Continuity in Iranian identity : resilience of a cultural heritage / / Fereshteh Davaran
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| Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon, England ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010 |
| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.0955 |
| 955 | |
| Soggetto topico: | National characteristics, Iranian |
| Culture diffusion - Iran - History | |
| Islam - Iran - History | |
| Pahlavi literature - History and criticism | |
| Religious literature, Persian - History and criticism | |
| Islamic literature - Iran - History and criticism | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Iran Civilization |
| Iran History | |
| Iran Religion | |
| Iran Intellectual life | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1 Old Iranians; 2 Middle Iranians; 3 Iranian religions; 4 Middle Persian literature: Andarz; 5 Iranian persistence in the Islamic era; 6 Islamic-era Persian literature: Adab; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Despite changes in sovereignty and in religious thought, certain aspects of Iranian culture and identity have persisted since antiquity. Drawing on an exploration of history, religion and literature to define Iranian cultural identity and link the Persian past with more recent cultural and political phenomena, this book examines the history of Iran from its ancient roots to the Islamic period, paying particular attention to pre-Islamic Persian religions and their influence upon later Muslim practices and precepts in Iran. Accessible English translations of the pre-Islamic Andarz< |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Continuity in Iranian identity |
| ISBN: | 1-134-01830-4 |
| 1-134-01831-2 | |
| 1-282-56907-4 | |
| 9786612569074 | |
| 0-203-88630-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813753603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Iranian Studies