Iran's Troubled Modernity Debating Ahmad Fardid's Legacy |
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| Author:
| Mirsepassi, Ali |
| Series title: | The Global Middle East Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-47639-3 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2018 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $135.00 |
Book Description:
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Ahmad Fardid (1910-94), an 'anti-Western' philosopher, became the self-proclaimed philosophical spokesperson for the Islamic Republic, coining the term 'Westoxication'. With thirteen interviews relating his colourful life and intellectual legacy, Mirsepassi sheds light on Iran's twentieth-century intellectual and political self-construction.
Ahmad Fardid (1910-94), an 'anti-Western' philosopher, became the self-proclaimed philosophical spokesperson for the Islamic Republic, coining the term 'Westoxication'. With thirteen interviews relating his colourful life and intellectual legacy, Mirsepassi sheds light on Iran's twentieth-century intellectual and political self-construction.