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" Perceptions of Iran : "
edited by Ali M. Ansari.
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BL
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1092306
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bc101518
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English
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Perceptions of Iran : : history, myths and nationalism from medieval Persia to the Islamic Republic /\ edited by Ali M. Ansari.
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London :: I.B. Tauris & Co.,, 2014.
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International library of Iranian studies ;; vol. 37
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1 online resource (xi, 239 pages) :: illustrations
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9780857725912
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: 0857725912
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9781848858305
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1848858302
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Myth, history and narrative displacement in Iranian historiography / Ali M. Ansari -- History, national identity and myths in Iranian contemporary political thought : Mirza Fathali Akhundzadeh (1812-78), Mirza Aqa Khan Kermani (1853-96) and Hassan Taqizadeh (1878-1970) / Pejman Abdolmohammadi -- Ancient Iran in the imagination of the medieval West / Robert Bartlett -- History and chronology in early modern Iran : the Safavid Empire in comparative perspective / Stephen P. Blake -- Historiography in late antique Iran / Touraj Daryaee -- Reverse Orientalism : Iranian reactions to the West / Farhang Jahanpour -- Herodotus' Cyrus and political freedom / Lynette Mitchell -- Iran and the Aryan myth / David Motadel -- History and its meaning in the Islamic Republic of Iran : the case of the Mongol invasion(s) and rule / Anja Pistor-Hatam -- Safavid Persia through Italian eyes : from reign of freedom to land of oppression / Elisa Sabadini -- History and Iranian drama : the case of Bahram Beyzaie / Saeed Talajooy.
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| Abstract
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This text dissects the construction of Iranian identity to reveal how nationalism has been continually re-formulated and how self-perceptions have been carried by Iran's literary past, in particular the mystical love poetry of Rumi, Sa'adi and Hafez.
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National characteristics, Iranian.
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Iraniens.
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HISTORY-- Middle East-- General.
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Civilization.
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Historiography.
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Intellectual life.
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National characteristics, Iranian.
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Public opinion.
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Iran, Historiography.
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Iran, Intellectual life.
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Iran, Civilization.
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Iran, Foreign public opinion, History.
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Iran, Civilisation.
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Iran.
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| Dewey Classification
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955.0072
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DS271.5.P47 2014eb
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Ansari, Ali M.
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Ansari, Ali M.
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