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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Auteur principal: Cohen, Ronen A (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Lanham, MD Lexington Books 2015
Dans:Année: 2015
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Iran / Identité de groupe / Conscience nationale
B Iran / Conscience nationale / Identité de groupe
Sujets non-standardisés: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 Recueil d'articles
B Identity (Psychology) ; Social aspects ; Iran
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Aggregator)
Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
Erscheint auch als: 9781498506410
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Résumé: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