The Discovery of Iran: Taghi Arani, a Radical Cosmopolitan

by Ali Mirsepassi and Ali Mirsepassi

The Discovery of Iran examines the history of Iranian nationalism afresh through the life and work of Taghi Arani, the founder of Iran's first Marxist journal, Donya . In his quest to imagine a future for Iran open to the scientific riches of the modern world and the historical diversity of its own people, Arani combined Marxist materialism and a cosmopolitan ethics of progress. He sought to reconcile Iran to its post-Islamic past, rejected by Persian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503629147
• ISBN13: 9781503629141
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"