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This volume offers a selected range of writings that explore key themes in the intellectual, literary, social, and political history of modern Iran. Focusing primarily on the transformative periods from the nineteenth century to the present, the book brings together in-depth studies and analytical pieces that illuminate Iranâs evolving literary and political culture and intellectual currents. By placing Iranian thought in broader contexts, this collection offers an informative and insightful resource for scholars, students, and readers interested in modern Iranian history and its broader intellectual landscape.
Ali Gheissari studied Law and Political Science at Tehran University and History at St. Antonyâs College, Oxford. He has taught at the University of San Diego and has written extensively in Persian and English on the intellectual history and politics of modern Iran.
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
Note on Transliteration, Dates, and Translations
Bibliographic Information
1 MaqÄleh, ResÄleh, and KetÄb: An Overview of Persian Expository and Analytical Prose
2 Fruits of the Gardens: Ethics, Metaphysics, and Textual Pleasures in Late Qajar Iran
3 Unequal Treaties and the Question of Sovereignty in Qajar and early Pahlavi Iran
4 Extraterritoriality and Capitulations in Qajar Iran
5 Iranâs Dialectic of the Enlightenment: Constitutional Experience, Transregional Connections, and Conflicting Narratives of Modernity
6 Merchants without Borders: Trade, Travel, and a Revolution in Late Qajar Iran (1906â1911)
7 The Idea of Commerce and Its Configurations in Late Qajar Iran: Domestic and Transregional Contexts
8 Despots of the World Unite! Satire in the Iranian Constitutional Press (The Majalleh-ye EstebdÄd, 1907â1908)
9 Poetry and Politics of Farrokhi Yazdi
10 Constitutional Rights and the Development of Civil Law in Iran, 1907â1941
11 Recollections of the RisbÄf (Carding) Complex in Qom
12 The American College of Tehran, 1929â1931: A Memorial Album
13 The U.S. Coup of 1953 in Iran, Sixty Years On
14 Truth and Method in Modern Iranian Historiography and Social Sciences
15 Authorial Voices and the Sense of an Ending in Persian Diaries: Notes on EÊ¿temÄd al-Saltaneh and Ê¿Alam
16 Iranâs Democracy Debate
17 The Conservative Consolidation in Iran
18 New Conservative Politics and Electoral Behavior in Iran
Memorial Notes
19 Zein al-Äbedin Moʾtamen: Teacher, Writer, and Critic
20 Hamid Enayat, Professor of Political Science and of the Intellectual History of the Modern Middle East: A Bio-Bibliographical Introduction
21 Hossein Ziai, Professor of Philosophy and Iranian Studies: A Bio-Bibliographical Introduction
22 Ehsan Yarshater: Doyen of Iranian Studies
23 Khalil Mostowfi: Bookseller, Assessor of Manuscripts, Lithographs, and Rare Titles in Iranian Studies
Interviews
24 Amin al-Dowleh Was a Reformist Not a Revolutionary
25 Ãtatisme of Iranian Intellectuals in Late Qajar Iran
26 Mohammad Ali Forughi: The Early Pahlavi State and the Need for Institution-Building
27 The Century of Intellectuals
28 Social Thought and Its Significance for Sociology
29 Iranian Intellectuals: Past and Present
Commentaries
30 Khatt va Rabt: The Significance of Private Papers for Qajar Historiography
31 Iranian Intellectuals and the Idea of Progress
32 Lost and Found in Translation: Kant in Persian Philosophical Prose
33 Science Studies and the Question of Language in Contemporary Iran
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
Note on Transliteration, Dates, and Translations
Bibliographic Information
Part 1 Articles: History, Literature, Politics
1 MaqÄleh, ResÄleh, and KetÄb: An Overview of Persian Expository and Analytical Prose
2 Fruits of the Gardens: Ethics, Metaphysics, and Textual Pleasures in Late Qajar Iran
3 Unequal Treaties and the Question of Sovereignty in Qajar and early Pahlavi Iran
4 Extraterritoriality and Capitulations in Qajar Iran
5 Iranâs Dialectic of the Enlightenment: Constitutional Experience, Transregional Connections, and Conflicting Narratives of Modernity
6 Merchants without Borders: Trade, Travel, and a Revolution in Late Qajar Iran (1906â1911)
7 The Idea of Commerce and Its Configurations in Late Qajar Iran: Domestic and Transregional Contexts
8 Despots of the World Unite! Satire in the Iranian Constitutional Press (The Majalleh-ye EstebdÄd, 1907â1908)
9 Poetry and Politics of Farrokhi Yazdi
10 Constitutional Rights and the Development of Civil Law in Iran, 1907â1941
11 Recollections of the RisbÄf (Carding) Complex in Qom
12 The American College of Tehran, 1929â1931: A Memorial Album
13 The U.S. Coup of 1953 in Iran, Sixty Years On
14 Truth and Method in Modern Iranian Historiography and Social Sciences
15 Authorial Voices and the Sense of an Ending in Persian Diaries: Notes on EÊ¿temÄd al-Saltaneh and Ê¿Alam
16 Iranâs Democracy Debate
17 The Conservative Consolidation in Iran
18 New Conservative Politics and Electoral Behavior in Iran
Part 2 Memorial Notes, Interviews, Commentaries
Memorial Notes
19 Zein al-Äbedin Moʾtamen: Teacher, Writer, and Critic
20 Hamid Enayat, Professor of Political Science and of the Intellectual History of the Modern Middle East: A Bio-Bibliographical Introduction
21 Hossein Ziai, Professor of Philosophy and Iranian Studies: A Bio-Bibliographical Introduction
22 Ehsan Yarshater: Doyen of Iranian Studies
23 Khalil Mostowfi: Bookseller, Assessor of Manuscripts, Lithographs, and Rare Titles in Iranian Studies
Interviews
24 Amin al-Dowleh Was a Reformist Not a Revolutionary
25 Ãtatisme of Iranian Intellectuals in Late Qajar Iran
26 Mohammad Ali Forughi: The Early Pahlavi State and the Need for Institution-Building
27 The Century of Intellectuals
28 Social Thought and Its Significance for Sociology
29 Iranian Intellectuals: Past and Present
Commentaries
30 Khatt va Rabt: The Significance of Private Papers for Qajar Historiography
31 Iranian Intellectuals and the Idea of Progress
32 Lost and Found in Translation: Kant in Persian Philosophical Prose
33 Science Studies and the Question of Language in Contemporary Iran
Bibliography
Index
This book will be of immediate interest to both academics and general readers engaged with Iran and the Middle East, as well as those in the fields of Islamic Studies, Comparative Literature, Intellectual History, and Political Science.