Das vorislamische Erbe Irans
Zwischen islamischer Tradition und Reform und Modernisierung
by Katja Follmer
Paperback (Published)
(June 2022)
ISBN: 9783170425224
6.1 x 9.13 inches
Price: $76.00
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English summary: The travel novel The Travel Diary of Ebrahim Beyg, dating from the late nineteenth century, is regarded as a pioneering account of the first political reform movement in Iran, the Constitutional Movement in 1906-1911. The story’s author, Zeyn al-Abedin Marage’i, not only initiated the development of modern Persian prose literature, but was also able to spread reforming ideas effectively to the masses. In the process, he drew on the ideas and concepts of his intellectual contemporaries, as well as existing traditions. His work thus created the basis for a new Iranian self-image, based on the religious tradition of Shiite Islam, patriotism, and Iranian history. In this study, Katja Follmer focuses particularly on the author=s concept of the past. She explores the question of how the image of the pre-Islamic period conveyed in the Travel Diary takes account of the idea of progress and implements existing traditions. In addition, the study shows the extent to which the European Enlightenment and transregional contacts in the Near East and Middle East shaped Iran’s contemporary understanding of society and religion. German description: Der Reiseroman “Das Reisetagebuch des Ebrahim Beyg” aus dem ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert gilt als Wegbereiter der ersten politischen Reformbewegung in Iran, der Verfassungsbewegung 1906-1911. Der Verfasser, Zeyn al-Abedin Maragei, leitete damit nicht nur die Entwicklung moderner persischer Prosaliteratur ein, sondern konnte auch Reformideen massenwirksam verbreiten. Dabei stutzte er sich auf Ideen und Konzepte seiner intellektuellen Zeitgenossen sowie auf bestehende Traditionen. Sein Werk schuf so die Grundlage fur ein neues iranisches Selbstverstandnis, das auf der religiosen Tradition des schiitischen Islam, auf Patriotismus und iranischer Geschichte basiert. Katja Follmer legt in ihrer Studie einen besonderen Fokus auf das Vergangenheitskonzept des Autors, das Bild der vorislamischen Zeit, und wie dieses einerseits der Fortschrittsidee Rechnung tragt, andererseits bestehende Traditionen implementiert.
English summary: The travel novel The Travel Diary of Ebrahim Beyg, dating from the late nineteenth century, is regarded as a pioneering account of the first political reform movement in Iran, the Constitutional Movement in 1906-1911. The story’s author, Zeyn al-Abedin Marage’i, not only initiated the development of modern Persian prose literature, but was also able to spread reforming ideas effectively to the masses. In the process, he drew on the ideas and concepts of his intellectual contemporaries, as well as existing traditions. His work thus created the basis for a new Iranian self-image, based on the religious tradition of Shiite Islam, patriotism, and Iranian history. In this study, Katja Follmer focuses particularly on the author=s concept of the past. She explores the question of how the image of the pre-Islamic period conveyed in the Travel Diary takes account of the idea of progress and implements existing traditions. In addition, the study shows the extent to which the European Enlightenment and transregional contacts in the Near East and Middle East shaped Iran’s contemporary understanding of society and religion. German description: Der Reiseroman “Das Reisetagebuch des Ebrahim Beyg” aus dem ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert gilt als Wegbereiter der ersten politischen Reformbewegung in Iran, der Verfassungsbewegung 1906-1911. Der Verfasser, Zeyn al-Abedin Maragei, leitete damit nicht nur die Entwicklung moderner persischer Prosaliteratur ein, sondern konnte auch Reformideen massenwirksam verbreiten. Dabei stutzte er sich auf Ideen und Konzepte seiner intellektuellen Zeitgenossen sowie auf bestehende Traditionen. Sein Werk schuf so die Grundlage fur ein neues iranisches Selbstverstandnis, das auf der religiosen Tradition des schiitischen Islam, auf Patriotismus und iranischer Geschichte basiert. Katja Follmer legt in ihrer Studie einen besonderen Fokus auf das Vergangenheitskonzept des Autors, das Bild der vorislamischen Zeit, und wie dieses einerseits der Fortschrittsidee Rechnung tragt, andererseits bestehende Traditionen implementiert.
- By (author) Katja Föllmer
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