Iran: A People Interrupted


Iran: A People Interrupted
Iran: A People Interrupted by Hamid Dabashi

Praised by leading academics in the field as "extraordinary," "a brilliant analysis," "fresh, provocative and iconoclastic," Iran: A People Interrupted has distinguished itself as a major work that has single-handedly effected a revolution in the field of Iranian studies.

In this provocative and unprecedented book, available for the first time in an affordable paperback edition, Hamid Dabashiā€”the internationally renowned cultural critic and scholar of Iranian history and Islamic cultureā€”traces the story of Iran over the past two centuries with unparalleled analysis of the key events, cultural trends, and political developments leading up to the collapse of the reform movement and the emergence of the new and combative presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Written in the authorā€™s characteristically lively and combative prose, Iran combines "delightful vignettes" (Publishers Weekly) from Dabashiā€™s Iranian childhood and sharp, insightful readings of its contemporary history. In an era of escalating tensions in the Middle East, his defiant moral voice and eloquent account of a national struggle for freedom and democracy against the overwhelming backdrop of U.S. military hegemony fills a crucial gap in our understanding of this country.


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