@article{754958,
      recid = {754958},
      author = {Pirzadeh, Ali,},
      title = {Iran revisited exploring the historical roots of culture,  economics, and society / [electronic resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {This book examines modern Iran through an  interdisciplinary cultural analysis in order to study the  nature of the national economic system, the institutional  environment, and the political and power structure of the  country. The goal is to underline strengths and weaknesses  of Iranian society as a whole, using an approach based on  the critical theory of society. This enables us to  confront--and live up to--what Iran's history and culture  have taught us. The book is divided into eight chapters  beginning with the introductory chapter that offers an  overview of the core arguments developed. The second  chapter covers Iranian national character attributes,  determining what constitutes an Iranian Mind-set and how  they have been affected by both historical events in Iran.  This chapter also highlights the lack of cohesiveness in  Iranian society, namely, the absence of togetherness in  relation to nation-state building and emphasizes the  essential role of Islam in revealing the national  consciousness of Iranians. The third chapter discusses the  claim that Iranians have failed to learn from past events  and hardships and continue to endure same flaws, and also  concludes that Iran has repeatedly borrowed notions and  ideas from the West that are unrelated to local conditions.  These ideas may have worked in other areas of the world,  but do not necessarily apply to the culture and environment  of Iran. Finally, the chapter discusses the importance of  education and literacy among the general Iranian  population. Chapter four provides an analysis of the  Iranian Cultural Identity from an historical perspective.  In the fifth chapter, the author offers a historical  analysis of the Persian resistance to the Arab Invasion,  and conversely, the impact of Persian language and culture  on Islamic civilization. The chapter also emphasizes the  importance of language as a resistance tool, particularly  as a resistance to the Arab Invasion. Chapter six commences  with a detailed discussion on the Qajar period, followed by  the Constitutional Revolution from a historical point of  view. The final chapter contains an overview of  contemporary Iranian economy, and it describes the nature  of the Iranian economy in terms of already recognized  economic system categorizations, a market and planned  economic system.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/754958},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30485-4},
}