This first full-length study of the history of Iranian anthropology charts the formation and development of anthropology in Iran in the twentieth century. The t

These essays examine Iran’s place in the world--its relations and cultural interactions with its immediate neighbors and with empires and superpowers from the

Despite the relative calm apparent in Iran today, there is unmistakable evidence of political, social, and cultural ferment stirring beneath the surface. The au

This book offers a new interpretation to the social history of religion in Iran from the 1870s to the 1970s. It aims to situate the 'revolutionary' upheavals of

Argues that the construction of a legitimate Islamic political culture and ideology is the key to the consolidation of the post-revolutionary regime. Addresses