The Iranians Persia, Islam, and the soul of a nation, with a new afterword by the author
The Iranians explores Iran in the context of its old and complex culture, for throughout its history Iran has struggled with two warring identities-one evolving from the values, social organization, and arts of ancient Persia, the other from Islam. By examining the relationship between these two ide...
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Plume books
1996
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Table of Contents:
- Glory of Persia
- Invasion of Islam
- God and state
- Faces of authority: father, king, and cleric
- King and nation: Iran's first revolution
- Reza Shah: to the glory of the nation
- Shah and the Prime Minister: Iran's second revolution
- Shah and the Ayatollah: Persia and Islam
- Persian empire of Muhammad Reza Shah
- Double revolution
- Internal and external: wars for the Iranian nation
- Islamic government: religion, culture, and power
- Islamic republic of Iran: failed quest for justice.