Bücher der Reihe The Global Middle East

Moving beyond the Eurocentric approach to travel narratives, this comprehensive and transformative account of the adventures of more than a dozen Persian travelers in the nineteenth century re-discovers and reclaims the world as seen through their rich travelogues, removing the colonial borders within which their narratives had been placed.

This examination of the Iranian popular culture and women's role within this challenges familiar western assumptions about the complexities of Iranian popular culture. Presenting a wealth of information drawn from a diverse set of sources, it situates Iranian women's magazines within their broader economic, social, political and cultural context.

Ahmad Fardid (1910-94), an 'anti-Western' philosopher, became the self-proclaimed philosophical spokesperson for the Islamic Republic, coining the term 'Westoxication'. With thirteen interviews relating his colourful life and intellectual legacy, Mirsepassi sheds light on Iran's twentieth-century intellectual and political self-construction.

Challenging the prevailing view of pre-Revolution Iran, this new perspective on Iranian politics and culture in the 1960s and 70s documents how the Pahlavi State adopted 'Westoxification' discourses to present ideological alternatives to modern and Western-inspired cultural attitudes in Iran.

Bridging debates across political economy, critical geography, and Middle East studies, this original perspective on the Gulf monarchies and their pivotal role in the Middle East will provide essential insights to anyone interested in understanding the contemporary region.

Psycho-nationalism focuses on the history of the use of Iranian identity under the Shah, as well as by the governments since the 1979 Iranian revolution, to offer an exploration into the psychological and political roots of national identity and how these are often utilised by governments.

An account of the rise of political Islam in modern Iran, following the intellectual journey of the philosopher Ahmad Fardid. This book will be of use to scholars in courses studying modern Iran, political Islam and the politics of the Middle East, philosophy, post-colonial studies, religious studies and social theory.