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OCCIDENTOSIS:
A Plague
From the West
JALAL AL-I AHMAD
Translated by R. Campbell
Annotations and Introduction by Hamid Algar
Mizan Press Berkeley
Contemporary Islamic Thought Persian Series
Copyright 1984 by Mizan Press All Rights Reserved
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Al-I Ahmad, Jalal
Occidentosis: a plague from the West.
(Contemporary Islamic thought. Persian series)
Translation of: Gharbzadagi.
Includes index.
1. Iran-Civilization. 2. Iran-Civilization-Occidental influences. I. Campbell, R. (Robert), 1947-
II. Algar, Hamid. III. Title. IV. Series.
DS316.4.A4713 1983
955
83-697
ISBN 0-933782-12-8
Book Design Ericka Hamburg
Editor Sylvia Stein
Manufactured in the United States of America
Contents
Foreword
7
Introduction
9
Notes
22
Preface
25
I. Diagnosing an Illness
27
2. Farliest Signs of the Illness
36
3. Wellsprings of the Flood
45
4. The First Infections
55
5. The War of Contradictions
64
6. How to Break the Spell
78
7. Asses in Lions' Skins, or Lions on the Flag
92
8. A Society in Collapse
102
9. The Role of Education
112
10. Mechanosis
122
11. The Hour Draws Nigh
'35
Notes
138
Index
151
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