Death to Rostam! Reflections on the Kulturkampf in post Revolutionary Iran

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Abstract

Recent unrest in the Islamic Republic has seen demonstrators chant pro-nationalist and anti-religious slogans. The pendulum between the competing loci of loyalty, Persian patriotism and Shi'ite Islam, has swung back and forth for centuries in Iran, and with much greater force during the Pahlavi and post-revolutionary periods. In time for the fortieth anniversary of the Islamic Republic, the proposed paper/lecture will examine the (often complex) attitudes of the current regime's leading exponents to the idea of Iraniyyat and its ramifications, and offer an assessment of the relationship, and the balance of power, between nationalism and religion in present day Iran.
Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - 2019
Event22nd Annual International Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association - Mediterranean Studies Association, University of Rethymnon, Crete, Greece
Duration: 29 May 20191 Jun 2019
https://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/2019-conference.html (Website)

Conference

Conference22nd Annual International Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityUniversity of Rethymnon, Crete
Period29/05/191/06/19
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