Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

What Is Iran?

Domestic Politics and International Relations in Five Musical Pieces

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Produktbeschreibung

A general introduction to the domestic politics, international relations and history of Iran. This book also addresses the full spectrum of regional and global affairs enveloping the country, and offers some thoughts on paths to peaceful resolution at the same time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 225
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 148mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9781108948760
• ISBN-10: 1108948766
• Artikelnr.: 60582448

Autorenporträt

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam is Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies at SOAS, University of London, and By-Fellow at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. He is the author and editor of seven influential books including A Critical Introduction to Khomeini (2014) and On the Arab Revolts and the Iranian Revolution: Power and Resistance Today (2013). A double graduate of Cambridge University, he received his Professorship at SOAS as one of the youngest academics in his field. Since then he has been elected to several honorary positions all over the world, some of them with royal seal and including at Harvard University and Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences in Kunming, China. @Adib_Moghaddam

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue. Iran in the new world order
1. Also Sprach Zarathustra: Persian longitudes
2.God and politics: inside the Islamic republic
3.Strategic preferences - trans-national interests
4. The United States, Israel and the global right wing
5. Eurasian Iran: resistance or Persian empire?
Epilogue. A symphony of flowers.