A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind

by Michael Axworthy

Book Overview

Iran is a land of contradictions. It is an Islamic republic, but one in which only 1.4 percent of the population attend Friday prayers. Iran's religious culture encompasses the most censorious and dogmatic Shi'a Muslim clerics in the world, and yet its poetry insistently dwells on the joys of life-wine, beauty, sex. Iranian women are subject to one of the most restrictive dress codes in the Islamic world, but make up nearly 60 percent of the university...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465098762
• ISBN13: 9780465098767
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher