The Subversive Seventies in Tehran by Hamid Dabashi
The 1970s are emerging as a pivotal decade in global history, in which enduring and unprecedented revolutionary changes radically altered our conception of society, polity and culture. In this book, Hamid Dabashi gives a potent account of the momentous changes in Iran during this time, mapping the social, political and cultural forces that shaped the decade and led to the downfall of the Pahlavi dynasty. Recollecting his years as a student in the Iranian capital, Dabashi explores the social and cultural scene of 1970s Tehran and offers a thorough account of the political disposition of the country in the years leading up to the 1977 9 revolution. He places this in the context of revolutionary aspirations around the world, putting Tehran on the map of the global 'subversive seventies'. The story is framed around an analysis of iconic novels and films that both reflected and shaped the time in which they were produced.-
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Ilkhanid Capital Cities
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Political, Social and Cultural History of Modern Iran
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Iranian Exiles and Stalin’s Great Terror
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Nationalising Oil and Knowledge in Iran
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Azeri Turkish Narratives in Twentieth-Century Iran
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The Art of Iran in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
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Sovereignty in Iran
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Muslim-Christian Polemics in Safavid Iran
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The Last Muslim Intellectual
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The Loneliest Revolution
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The Persian Prison Poem
Hamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York where he is a founding member of its Institute for Comparative Literature and Society. He is the author of over 25 books, including The World of Persian Literary Humanism (2014); Persophilia: Persian Culture on the Global Scene (2015); Iran without Borders: Towards a Critique of the Postcolonial Nation (2016); Iran: Rebirth of a Nation (2017); The Shahnameh: The Persian Epic as World Literature (2019); The Last Muslim Intellectual: The Life and Legacy of Jalal Al-e Ahmad (EUP, 2021). His most recent book is Mashya and Mashyana Unearthed: Myth, Metonymy and the Unknowing Subject (EUP 2024).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781399542852 |
| ISBN 10 | 1399542850 |
| Title | The Subversive Seventies in Tehran |
| Author | Hamid Dabashi |
| Series | Edinburgh Historical Studies Of Iran And The Persian World |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Year published | 2025-12-31 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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