A critical study of how Iranian nationalism, itself largely influenced by Orientalist scholarship first undertaken by the European Orientalists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, has shaped modern conceptions of Iran and Iranian identity, as well as narratives of Iranian history, leading to the adoption of a broad nationalist construction of identity to suit Iranian political and ideological circumstances. This book argues that such a broad-brushed approach and the term "Iranian" could not have applied to the large multiethnic, multilingual, and multicultural populations in the vast territory of Iran over so many distinct historical periods.
- ISBN10 146320227X
- ISBN13 9781463202279
- Publish Date 18 July 2013 (first published November 1993)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Gorgias Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 348
- Language English