Beschreibung:
As recent events indicate, Iranian, Middle Eastern, and Islamic politics more broadly have been deeply influential in world affairs. Hamid Dabashi has been a highly visible and prominent commentator on these affairs, explaining, interpreting, and providing a critical perspective. This volume gathers together his most influential and insightful writings.
Acknowledgements IntroductionPart 1: Counter-Imagining Islam and IranIslams 1. In the Absence of the Face 2. Shi'ism as Paradox 3. Counter-Imagining the SacredIslamic Ideology 4. The Power of Interpretation 5. Blindness and Insight: The Predicament of a Muslim IntellectualIran 6. On Nations Without Borders 7. Khomeini's RevolutionPart 2: Emancipatory AestheticsPoetic Revolutions 8. Nima Yushij and the Constitution of a National Subject 9. Forugh Farrokhzad and the Formative Forces of Iranian CultureCinematic Palpitations 10. Kiarostami and Makhmalbaf 11. On Signs and SignationNew Global Visual Arts 12. Whither Iranian Cinema? The Perils and Promises of Globalization 13. It was in China, Late One Moonless NightHamid Dabashi: A Select Bibliography Index