Identities in Crisis in Iran: Politics, Culture, and Religion
Identities in Crisis in Iran describes how identity, especially when it is faced with fundamental tensions as in the case of Iran, is a phenomenon that is constantly developing via factors involving the private self and common social factors such as the conflict between the Persian culture and the S...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, MD
Lexington Books
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Iran
/ Group identity
/ National consciousness
B Iran / National consciousness / Group identity |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B National characteristics, Iranian B Group identity ; Iran B Islam and politics ; Iran B Islam and state ; Iran B Iran ; Social conditions ; 21st century B Electronic books B Identity (Psychology) ; Social aspects ; Iran |
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Erscheint auch als: 9781498506410 |
| Summary: | Identities in Crisis in Iran describes how identity, especially when it is faced with fundamental tensions as in the case of Iran, is a phenomenon that is constantly developing via factors involving the private self and common social factors such as the conflict between the Persian culture and the Shi'a religion. Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Historical and Current Perspectives on Persian, Islamic, and Contested Religious Identities -- 1 The Unending Battle between the Persian and Islamic Identities of Iran -- 2 National Identity or Political Legitimacy -- Part II: An Islamic-National Identity and Nuclear Program -- 3 The Islamic Identity Project -- 4 Iran's National Identity and the Nuclear Program -- 5 Overcoming "the -isms" -- Part III: Sexuality, Beauty, and Social Networking: Between the Private, Self, and the Public Sphere -- 6 The Identity Designers of the Self in Sexuality, Beauty, and Plastic Surgery in Iran -- 7 Iranians against the "Other" -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors. |
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| ISBN: | 1498506429 |