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Iran in World Politics: The Question of the Islamic Republic (Columbia/Hurst) Hardcover – April 8, 2008
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How has the Islamic Republic developed ideologically since the revolution of 1979? What are the best ways of comprehending the country at this critical juncture in its history? In his book, Arshin Adib-Moghaddam combines theory and lived experience to explain the foreign relations and domestic politics of post-revolutionary Iran. He guides the reader through the country's complex identity and actions, from the nuclear issue to Iran's perpetual political standoff with the United States, from the future of Iranian democracy to Iranian-Arab relations, from American neoconservatism to Islamic utopian-romanticism, and from Avicenna to Ayatollah Khomeini.
An Iranian born in Turkey but educated in Germany and England, Adib-Moghaddam shows a unique empathy towards the understanding of both Eastern and Western cultures. His thoughtful analysis engages the existing literature on Iran and Islam and exposes the limitations of mainstream representations of the country and the wider Muslim world. He addresses not only what caused the war between Iran and Iraq but also its dangerous consequences; the impact of neoconservative policy on Iranian political rhetoric; and the pluralism of Iran's civil society, in which factionalism among the ruling class and peripheral representation in government have encouraged free discourse among its people.
- Print length224 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherColumbia University Press
- Publication dateApril 8, 2008
- Dimensions6 x 1 x 9.25 inches
- ISBN-100231700466
- ISBN-13978-0231700467
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Arshin Adib-Moghaddam has made great contributions both to the study of Iran, as a case study, and to the study of world politics as a field of inquiry. Not only does he show the importance of the domestic sources of foreign policy, he pays equal attention to the effect of extra-territorial groups and significant individuals on a country's domestic discourse regarding policy formulation. His study is a dynamic and analytical one, where both ideational and material dialectics shape the contemporary politics. Not only is this an original contribution, but it also serves as an in-depth critical analysis as well as a full description of the existing literature.
(A. Reza Sheikholeslami, The American University of Sharjah)The struggle to attain democracy is gaining a pluralistic momentum. For thesake of this momentum, Adib-Moghaddam's book is becoming central to anydiscussion about Iran
(Olga Dalaka and Panayiotis Tsitsis Middle East Bulletin)Adib-Moghaddam's engaging analysis of the Iranian politics is an effectiveantidote against the widespread characterisation of the Islamic Republicas the centre of the Shi'i crescent and a regime ruled by messianic fanaticswho are soon to be armed with nuclear weapons.
(Gunes Murat Tezcur Insight Turkey)Writing from a 'critical studies' perspective, Adib-Moghaddam looks atalternative, often novel, explanations of Iran's behaviour. Examples arehis analysis of the eight-year long Iran--Iraq war, to Iranian--Americanencounters. Cultural perspectives are the core to much of his analysis.The book is a fascinating read and lives up to the author's claim of offeringalternative perspectives on Iran in world politics.
(Anoush Ehteshami Journal of Islamic Studies)The work is timely and needed.
(David L. Hursey Middle East Panorama 1900-01-00)About the Author
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam is Reader in Comparative Politics and International Relations at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Previously, he held the Jarvis Doctorow Junior Research Fellowship at Oxford University, and is the author of The International Politics of the Persian Gulf.
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- Publisher : Columbia University Press; 1st edition (April 8, 2008)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 224 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0231700466
- ISBN-13 : 978-0231700467
- Item Weight : 1.1 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1 x 9.25 inches
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Arshin Adib-Moghaddam is a world-renowned scholar and author. Currently, he is Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies at SOAS, University of London, and By-Fellow of Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. The First Jarvis Doctorow Fellow at St Edmund Hall and the Department of Politics, Oxford University, Adib-Moghaddam sits on over a dozen editorial boards and co-edits the influential Cambridge book series "The Global Middle East". He is the author and editor of seven books including "What is Iran?" (2021) 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.
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