Identities in Crisis in Iran

Politics, Culture, and Religion

Contributions by Ronen A. Cohen, Moshe-hay S. Hagigat, Farhad Rezaei, Harold Rhode, Ofira Seliktar, Ladan Zarabadi, Raz Zimmt Edited by Ronen A. Cohen

Publication date:

18 March 2015

Length of book:

198 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9781498506410

Identities in Crisis in Iran aims at finding answers to the questions about the puzzling character of the Iranian identity. The contributors acknowledge that identity, especially when it is faced with fundamental tensions as in the case of Iran, is a phenomenon that is constantly developing via factors involving the private self and common social components. This book addresses the tension many Iranian people face that lie between the Persian culture and the Shi’a religion, women versus men, and culture versus traditions.
This collection of articles aims at the complicated character of the Iranian identity and provides interesting case studies for it. Lucid in both arguments and expositions this volume will be essential reading for anyone engaged in the study of Iran.