World View in Pre-Revolutionary Iran

Literary Analysis of Five Iranian Authors in the Context of the History of Ideas

by Claus V Pedersen

Extent: 221 pages

Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag

Subjects: Language & Linguistics

Series: Mîzân

Series volume number: 10

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2002)

ISBN: 9783447045698

9.45 x 6.65 inches

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The Iranian revolution of 1978-1979 and its transformation into an Islamic revolution has been an object of study the last couple of decades. The book does not attempt to explain the revolution and the theocrasy it resulted in, but takes interest in the modes of thought (world views) that preceded the revolution in order to understand the cultural context in which the revolution happened. However, only a limited part of the Iranian culture is studied, namely the literary part, more precisely, five of the leading shortstory writers, Seyyed Mohammad Al Jamalzadeh, Sadeq Hedayat Sadeq Chubak, Jamal A-le Ahmad, and Hu?ang Gol?hiri. The analyses of the short stories show that the underlying world views are strictly secular. As a contextualisation of the literary works, four Iranian thinkers and ideologists, Jamal al-Din Afghani (1838-1897), Ahmad Kasravi (1890-1946), Seyyed Hoseyn Nasr (b. 1933), and Ali ?hariati (1933-1977) are presented. With Seyyed Hoseyn Nasr as an exception, the study of the world views of these four shows a development towards secular modes of thought.

By (author) Claus V Pedersen

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