{"product_id":"irans-troubled-modernity-debating-ahmad-fardids-legacy-paperback-9781108700269","title":"Iran's Troubled Modernity; Debating Ahmad Fardid's Legacy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108700269","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIran's Troubled Modernity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDebating Ahmad Fardid's Legacy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMirsepassi uses interviews with thirteen individuals to relate the colourful life and times of Ahmad Fardid and his intellectual legacy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAli Mirsepassi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108700269, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 November 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e381 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.55 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAhmad Fardid (1910–94), the 'anti-Western' philosopher known to many as the Iranian Heidegger, became the self-proclaimed philosophical spokesperson for the Islamic Republic, famously coining the term 'Westoxication'. Using new materials about Fardid's intellectual biography and interviews with thirteen individuals, Ali Mirsepassi pieces together the striking story of Fardid's life and intellectual legacy. Each interview in turn sheds light on Iran's twentieth-century intellectual and political self-construction and highlights Fardid's important role and influence in the creation of Iranian modernity. The Fardid phenomenon was unique to the Iranian story, and yet contributed to a broader twentieth-century Heideggerian tradition that marked the political destiny of other countries under a similar ideological sway. Through these accounts, Mirsepassi cuts to the nerve of how deadly political 'authenticity movements' take hold of modern societies and spread their ideology. Combining a sociological framework with the realities of lived experience, he examines Iran's recent and astonishing upheavals, experiments, and mass mobilizations.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Ahmad Fardid and His Legacies: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Fardid's Life: 1. The Man and His Life\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Conversations on Fardid's Life and Thought: 2. Hossein Nasr: for Fardid, Corbin was worthless, but, the Shah was great\u003cbr\u003e 3. Daryush Ashuri: Fardid was not very religious\u003cbr\u003e 4. Ramin Jahanbeglu: Fardid was at the center of Fardiddiyeh (Fardid and Fardiddiyeh)\u003cbr\u003e 5. Abbas Amanat: Fardid whom I came to know\u003cbr\u003e 6. Ali Reza Meybodi: Fardid was 'Dante's Inferno'\u003cbr\u003e 7. Behrouz Farnou: Fardid's thought was post-modern\u003cbr\u003e 8. Ehsan Shari'ati: Fardid misunderstood Heidegger\u003cbr\u003e 9. Seyyed Ali Mirfattah: 'I admired his anti-capitalism and his anti-Americanism'\u003cbr\u003e 10. Mohammad Reza Jozi: Fardid's philosophy was not political\u003cbr\u003e 11. Mansour Hashemi: Fardid pioneered post-Bergson philosophy in Iran\u003cbr\u003e 12. Ata?ollah Mohajerani: philosophers need power\u003cbr\u003e 13. Seyyed Javad Mousavi: Fardid was a great man, with many failings\u003cbr\u003e 14. Abdolkarim Soroush: Fardid did not impress me at all.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e], Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913128632600,"sku":"9781108700269","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108700269i_ad79bf36-f33e-4367-a1cb-d688cf844ead.jpg?v=1696708519","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/irans-troubled-modernity-debating-ahmad-fardids-legacy-paperback-9781108700269","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}