Download or read book Cultural Diversity and National Unity in Contemporary Iran written by Abbas Mehryar and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Iranian Culture written by Nasrin Rahimieh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout modern Iranian history, culture has served as a means of imposing unity and cohesion onto society. The Pahlavi monarchs used it to project an image of Iran as an ancient civilisation, re-emerging as an equal to Western nations, while the revolutionaries deployed it to remake the country into an Islamic nation. Just as Iranian culture has been continually re-interpreted, the representations and avocations of Iranian identity vary amongst Iranians across the world. Iranian Culture: Representation and Identity demonstrates these fissures and the incompatibilities that refuse to be written out of national culture, analysing works of literature, popular music, graphic art and film, as well as oral narratives. Using works produced before and after the 1979 revolution, created both inside and outside of Iran, this study reveals neglected complexities and contradictions in the field of Iranian cultural production. It considers how contested claims to culture, whether they originated in Iran or the Iranian diaspora, shape our understanding of this culture and what spaces they create for new articulations of it, and in doing so offers an important re-examination of our collective concept of culture. This book would be an excellent resource for students and scholars of Middle East Studies and Iranian Studies, specifically Iranian culture including film and contemporary literature and the Iranian diaspora.

Download or read book Iran and the Surrounding World written by Nikki R Keddie and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays examine Iran’s place in the world--its relations and cultural interactions with its immediate neighbors and with empires and superpowers from the beginning of the Safavid period in 1501 to the present day. The book provides important historical background on recent political and social developments in Iran and on its contemporary foreign relations. The topics explored include Iranian influence abroad on political organization, religion, literature, art, and diplomacy, as well as Iran's absorption of foreign influences in these areas. A special focus is the prevailing political culture of Iran throughout its early modern and contemporary periods.

Download or read book Minorities in Iran written by R. Elling and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-02-18 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the premise that nationalism is a dominant factor in Iranian identity politics despite the significant changes brought about by the Islamic Revolution, this cross-disciplinary work investigates the languages of nationalism in contemporary Iran through the prism of the minority issue.

Download or read book Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol 3 No 2 2019 written by Cristian Sammarco, Evren Korkmazer, Yasin Bektas, Mervebanu Aykanat, Shargiyaya Jevedzade, Gokçen Firdevs Yücel Caymaz, Maria A. El Helou, Asmaa Saada, Djamel Dekoumi, Islam H. El-Ghonaimy, Mariam Haider Al-Haddad, Mahmuda Alam, Emerald Upoma Baidya, Maryam Kamyar, Zahra Jafari Spourezi, Ece Kumkale Acikgoz, Narmin Babazadeh Asbagh, Zeinab Shafik, Mennat-Allah El-Husseiny, Modupe Odemakin, Abiola Ayopo Abiodun, Souidi Manel, Bestandji Siham, Beyhan Kara, Tuba Sari Haksever, Candan Çinar Çitak, Samuel Medayese, Mohammed Tauheed Alfa, Nelson T.A Abd’razack, Faith O. Agbawn, Maryam Ghasemi, Ouafa Louafi, Emerald Upoma Baidya, Andisheh Saliminezhad, Pejman Bahramian, Hossein Sadri, and published by Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs. This book was released on 2019-12-30 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Substrate and Urban Transformation. Rome: The Formative Process of the Pompeo Theater Area CRISTIAN SAMMARCO, Ph.D. candidate 1-7 PDF HTML Study of Light Pollution in Urban Lighting in Nisantasi Example EVREN KORKMAZER, M.Sc., YASIN BEKTAS, M.Sc., MERVEBANU AYKANAT, M.Sc., SHARGIYAYA JEVEDZADE, M.Sc., GOKÇEN FIRDEVS YÜCEL CAYMAZ, Dr. 8-15 PDF HTML Shaping the City that Decreases Overweight and Obesity through Healthy Built Environment MARIA A. EL HELOU, PhD candidate. 16-27 PDF HTML Transformation of Berber Traditional Planning and Living Spaces ASMAA SAADA, Dr., DJAMEL DEKOUMI, Dr. 28-34 PDF HTML Towards Reviving the Missing Noble Characteristics of Traditional Habitual Social Life: “Al-Farej “In Kingdom of Bahrain ISLAM H. EL-GHONAIMY, Dr., MARIAM HAIDER AL-HADDAD, MA. 35-46 PDF HTML Empowering the urban poor through participatory planning process: a case from Jhenaidah, Bangladesh MAHMUDA ALAM, M.Sc., EMERALD UPOMA BAIDYA, Mrs. 47-54 PDF HTML Representing Iranian-Islamic Identity in Iranian Contemporary Cities Structure MARYAM KAMYAR, Dr., ZAHRA JAFARI SPOUREZI, M.Sc. 55-62 PDF HTML Keeping the Pulse of Heritage Awareness in Ankara: Two Historic Sites, Two Interventions ECE KUMKALE ACIKGOZ, Dr. 63-72 PDF HTML A Short Glimpse to the Urban Development of Tabriz during the History NARMIN BABAZADEH ASBAGH, Ph.D. Candidate., 73-83 PDF HTML Re-visiting the Park: Reviving the “Cultural Park for Children” in Sayyeda Zeinab in the shadows of Social Sustainability ZEINAB SHAFIK, Prof. Dr., MENNAT-ALLAH EL-HUSSEINY, Dr. 84-94 PDF HTML Reformation of Slums MODUPE ODEMAKIN, BSc, ABIOLA AYOPO ABIODUN, MSc 95-98 PDF HTML Tafilelt, the Neo Traditional Model of Ksour in Algeria: Assessment of the Multifunctionality of Urban Spaces SOUIDI MANEL, PhD candidate., BESTANDJI SIHAM, Dr. 99-107 PDF HTML The Impact Of Globalization On Cities BEYHAN KARA, PhD candidate. 108-113 PDF HTML The Coordination Of Actors In Urban Regeneration Projects: Fikirtepe, Istanbul, Turkey TUBA SARI HAKSEVER, Ph.D. candidate, CANDAN ÇINAR ÇITAK, Dr. 114-123 PDF HTML Analysis of the Extent of Red Light Running in Minna, North-Central Nigeria SAMUEL MEDAYESE, MSc, MOHAMMED TAUHEED ALFA, PhD candidate., NELSON T.A ABD’RAZACK, Dr., FAITH O. AGBAWN, Miss. 124-136 PDF HTML The Rise of Crime in Affordable Housing in Suburbs, Case of Iran MARYAM GHASEMI, Ph.D. Candidate 137-143 PDF HTML The Phenomenon of Mobility, a Development Challenge for the City Of Algiers OUAFA LOUAFI, Ph.D. candidate 144-155 PDF HTML The causal relationship between urbanization and economic growth in US: Fresh evidence from the Toda–Yamamoto approach ANDISHEH SALIMINEZHAD, Dr., PEJMAN BAHRAMIAN, Dr. 166-172 PDF HTML Architecture and Human Rights Hossein Sadri, Assoc. prof. Dr. 173-183 PDF HTML

Download or read book Cultural Revolution in Iran written by Annabelle Sreberny and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Islamic Republic of Iran is several decades into its existence and the values and legacy of the Revolution upon which it was founded continue to have profound and contradictory consequences for everyday Iranian life. Despite a powerful system of surveillance and control, an extremely lively cultural milieu exists in the country, utilising many different forms of expression, including film, theatre, music and dance. Cultural Revolution in Iran examines the diverse areas of social and cultural innovation that are driving change and progress, both negotiating and resisting government policies and censorship. While religious conservatism remains the creed of the establishment, this volume uncovers a hidden world of new technologies, social media and entertainment that speaks both to women seeking a greater public role and to a restless younger generation that organises and engages with global trends online. In this volume, Annabelle Sreberny and Massoumeh Torfeh highlight the huge range of cultural activities which allow Iranians to express themselves, voice their coded opinions in between the 'red lines' of censorship and even engage in social and civil disobedience. From film to rock music and from painting to video games, there is a vast array of cultural expression and dissent that often eludes the international observer. For example, film production in Iran is highThe Islamic Republic of Iran is several decades into its existence and the values and legacy of the Revolution upon which it was founded continue to have profound and contradictory consequences for everyday Iranian life. Despite a powerful system of surveillance and control, an extremely lively cultural milieu exists in the country, utilising many different forms of expression, including film, theatre, music and dance. Cultural Revolution in Iran examines the diverse areas of social and cultural innovation that are driving change and progress, both negotiating and resisting government policies and censorship. While religious conservatism remains the creed of the establishment, this volume uncovers a hidden world of new technologies, social media and entertainment that speaks both to women seeking a greater public role and to a restless younger generation that organises and engages with global trends online. In this volume, Annabelle Sreberny and Massoumeh Torfeh highlight the huge range of cultural activities which allow Iranians to express themselves, voice their coded opinions in between the 'red lines' of censorship and even engage in social and civil disobedience. From film to rock music and from painting to video games, there is a vast array of cultural expression and dissent that often eludes the international observer. For example, film production in Iran is high and women directors, such as Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Samira Makhmalbaf and Manijeh Hekmat, have come to the fore, making both popular but also prize-winning films. In addition to this, there is a vibrant music scene in Iran where many performances occur literally 'underground', in private basements, as illegal activity. Sometimes an audience has to wait patiently in the auditorium for the start of a public performance – for example, to hear Morteza Shafiei conducting the Isfahan Symphony Orchestra – whilst the organisers debate with the authorities as to whether the performance can go ahead or not. It is these activities and modes of communication and expression that are central to this volume, making Cultural Revolution in Iran essential for those researching the modern Iranian state as well as those looking at everyday life and popular culture under authoritarian governments and women directors, such as Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Samira Makhmalbaf and Manijeh Hekmat, have come to the fore, making both popular but also prize-winning films. In addition to this, there is a vibrant music scene in Iran where many performances occur literally 'underground', in private basements, as illegal activity. Sometimes an audience has to wait patiently in the auditorium for the start of a public performance – for example, to hear Morteza Shafiei conducting the Isfahan Symphony Orchestra – whilst the organisers debate with the authorities as to whether the performance can go ahead or not. It is these activities and modes of communication and expression that are central to this volume, making Cultural Revolution in Iran essential for those researching the modern Iranian state as well as those looking at everyday life and popular culture under authoritarian governments

Download or read book Politics and Culture in Contemporary Iran written by Abbas Milani and published by Lynne Rienner Pub. This book was released on 2015 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the relative calm apparent in Iran today, there is unmistakable evidence of political, social, and cultural ferment stirring beneath the surface. The authors of Politics and Culture in Contemporary Iran¿a unique group of scholars, activists, and artists¿explore that unrest and its challenge to the legitimacy and stability of the present authoritarian regime. Ranging from political theory to music, from human rights law to social media, their contributions reveal the tenacious and continually evolving forces that are at work resisting the status quo.

Download or read book Iran and the Challenge of Diversity written by Ailreza Asgharzadeh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-06-11 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 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.

Download or read book The Formation of Modern Kurdish Society in Iran written by Marouf Cabi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the Kurds have attracted widespread international attention, Iranian Kurdistan has been largely overlooked. This book examines the consequences of modernity and modernisation for Iran's Kurdish society in the 20th century. Marouf Cabi argues that while state-led modernisation integrated the Kurds in modern Iran, the homogenisation of identity and culture also resulted in their vigorous pursuit of their political and cultural rights. Focusing on the dual process of state-led modernisation and homogenisation of identity and culture, Cabi examines the consequences of modernity and modernisation for the socioeconomic, cultural, and political structures as well as for gender relations. It is the consequences of this dynamic dual process that explains the modern structures of Iran's Kurdish society, on the one hand, and its intimate relationship with Iran as a historical, geographical, and political entity, on the other. Using Persian, Kurdish and English sources, the book explores the transformation of Kurdish society between the Second World War and the 1979 Iranian Revolution, with a special focus on the era of the 'White Revolution' during the 1960s and 1970s.

Download or read book Cultural Diversity and Islam written by Abdul Aziz Said and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume is a compilation of original scholarly papers on the theme of cultural diversity in Islamic thought and practice under conditions of early and late modernity, with a specific contemporary focus on the crisis of religious tolerance in the Muslim world. Particular emphasis is placed upon Islamic concepts of cultural diversity as they contrast to the traditional Western liberal approach that takes a neutral position on tolerance to cultural difference.

Download or read book Urban and Visual Culture in Contemporary Iran written by Pedram Dibazar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Urban and Visual Culture in Contemporary Iran, Pedram Dibazar argues that everyday life in Iran is a rich domain of social existence and cultural production. Regular patterns of day-to-day practice in Iran are imbued with forms of expressivity that are unmarked and inconspicuous, but have remarkable critical value for a cultural study of contemporary society. Blended into the rhythms of everyday life are nonconformist modes of presence, subtle in their visibility and non-confrontational in their resistance to the established societal norms and structures. This volume is about such everyday tactics and creativity as lived in space, visualised in cultural forms and communicated through media. Through its analysis of familiar everyday experiences, Urban and Visual Culture in Contemporary Iran covers a wide range of ordinary practices-such as walking, driving, shopping and doing or watching sports-and spatial conditions-such as streets, cars, rooftops, shopping centres and stadiums. It also explores a variety of cultural formations, including film, photography, architecture, literature, visual arts, television and digital media. This book offers new ways of thinking about visual and urban cultures by highlighting a politics of everyday life that is conditioned on concerns over visibility and presence.

Download or read book The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East written by Joe F. Khalil and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-06-08 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to understand the profound and complex changes shaping the 21st century. With trans-regional contributions from established and emerging scholars, this ground-breaking volume offers conceptual essays and in-depth chapters that present rich analyses grounded in historical and geopolitical contexts, as well as key theory and empirical research. Rather than viewing the Middle East as a monolithic culture, this Handbook examines the diverse and multi-local characteristics of the region’s knowledge production, dynamic media, and rich cultures. It addresses a wide range of topics, including the evolving mainstream and alternative media, competing histories in the region, and pressing socio-economic and media debates. Additionally, the Handbook explores the impact of regional and international politics on Middle Eastern cultures and media. Designed to serve as a foundation for the next era of research in the field, The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East is essential reading for all academics, scholars, and media practitioners. Its comprehensive scope makes it an excellent primary or supplementary textbook for undergraduate or graduate courses in global studies, media and communication, journalism, anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, and history.

Download or read book Iran in the 21st Century written by Homa Katouzian and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-10-15 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines Iran and its position in the contemporary world. It contains chapters on social developments in the country including gender relations, contemporary politics, international relations, relations with the US and Israel, nuclear weapons and energy programmes, oil and the development of the economy.

Download or read book Iran written by Negin Nabavi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent Iranian history has been full of unexpected turns. Whether it was the 1979 revolution, which resulted in the establishment of the first ever Islamic Republic in the history of the Muslim world, the rise to power of the reformist movement in 1997, or the emergence of the Green Movement, an opposition movement that took shape spontaneously in the days immediately following the presidential elections in June 2009, the world has been taken unawares at every juncture. This book brings together essays that both speculate on the import of the developments of 2009 and shed light on the complexities and the ever-changing dynamics of post-revolutionary Iran.

Download or read book Culture and Cultural Politics Under Reza Shah written by Bianca Devos and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culture and Cultural Politics Under Reza Shah presents a collection of innovative research on the interaction of culture and politics accompanying the vigorous modernization programme of the first Pahlavi ruler. Examining a broad spectrum of this multifaceted interaction it makes an important contribution to the cultural history of the 1920s and 1930s in Iran, when, under the rule of Reza Shah Pahlavi, dramatic changes took place inside Iranian society. With special reference to the practical implementation of specific reform endeavours, the various contributions critically analyze different facets of the relationship between cultural politics, individual reformers and the everyday life of modernist Iranians. Interpreting culture in its broadest sense, this book brings together contributions from different disciplines such as literary history, social history, ethnomusicology, art history, and Middle Eastern politics. In this way, it combines for the first time the cultural history of Iran’s modernity with the politics of the Reza Shah period. Challenging a limited understanding of authoritarian rule under Reza Shah, this book is a useful contribution to existing literature for students and scholars of Middle Eastern History, Iranian History and Iranian Culture.

Download or read book The Left in Contemporary Iran written by Sepehr Zabih and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Modern Iran in Perspective written by Ali Pirzadeh and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights fundamental, but often neglected, issues important for a better understanding of present-day Iran. It underlines the idea that the most effective means for a nation to meet challenges and practices of the modern era lies with the fundamental values and norms that resonate with its inhabitants. This book is meant to be a companion to the author’s published book Iran Revisited: Exploring the Historical Roots of Culture, Economics, and Society that expands upon that book’s ideas, without repeating its theoretical reasoning. Its goal is to offer a better understanding of the current and evolving situations in Iran. In this regard, the author tried to clarify his position through a host of suggestions, most notably, the need to consider social rights as the bare minimum but extremely imperative criteria in our contemporary discourse for the betterment of our society. These rights, he argues, are the most fundamental tenets of any community that strives to succeed and flourish. In this context, the underlying discussion rests on the following claim: the most persisting problems in Iran are the outcomes of the gradual regression of the people’ mindset that persistently overlooked their heritage and value system in favor of imitating ideas that were/are neither compatible with their culture and history, nor applicable to the country’s socioeconomic conditions. The author, therefore, presumed that these predicaments are self-inflicted: they were neither caused by a specific state, nor belong to a historical period, or individual(s); they cannot be characterized by political or economic terminologies, but are firmly rooted in people inability to recognize that the most vital principle in developing and propelling a nation forward is the existence of a unified people.