Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
Audiobook1 hour
A Macat Analysis of Hamid Dabashi's Iran: A People Interrupted
Written by Bryan R. Gibson
Narrated by Macat.com
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3/5
()
About this audiobook
Iranian American writer and scholar Hamid Dabashi wrote Iran: A People Interrupted amid the political fallout following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York—his adopted city—in 2001.
As US President George W. Bush declared a “war on terror” and named Iran as part of an “axis of evil” that supported terrorism, Dabashi offered an insider’s insight into the Iranian psyche.
The book explores more than 200 years of Iran’s cultural history. It shows how Iranian poets, writers, and thinkers have always reflected the people’s long struggle against both foreign and domestic tyranny.
This artistic heritage explains the profoundly anti-colonial ideology of a twenty-first century Iran determined to forge modernity on its own terms.
The author weaves in his own stories of growing up under the Shah of Iran, and the Islamic Revolution that replaced the royal Shah with the religious Ayatollah.
An outspoken political commentator, Dabashi divides fellow scholars and commentators with this book. Praised as “highly original” by some and dubbed “arrogant” by others, it remains an important contribution to understanding a country never far from the world stage.
As US President George W. Bush declared a “war on terror” and named Iran as part of an “axis of evil” that supported terrorism, Dabashi offered an insider’s insight into the Iranian psyche.
The book explores more than 200 years of Iran’s cultural history. It shows how Iranian poets, writers, and thinkers have always reflected the people’s long struggle against both foreign and domestic tyranny.
This artistic heritage explains the profoundly anti-colonial ideology of a twenty-first century Iran determined to forge modernity on its own terms.
The author weaves in his own stories of growing up under the Shah of Iran, and the Islamic Revolution that replaced the royal Shah with the religious Ayatollah.
An outspoken political commentator, Dabashi divides fellow scholars and commentators with this book. Praised as “highly original” by some and dubbed “arrogant” by others, it remains an important contribution to understanding a country never far from the world stage.
More audiobooks from Bryan R. Gibson
A Macat Analysis of Kenneth N. Waltz’s Theory of International Politics A Macat Analysis of Albert Hourani's A History of the Arab Peoples Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Macat Analysis of Hamid Dabashi's Theology of Discontent Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Related to A Macat Analysis of Hamid Dabashi's Iran
Related audiobooks
A Macat Analysis of John W. Dower’s War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Macat Analysis of John A. Hobson's Imperialism: A Study Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMaking the Arab World: Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Jewish State Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Woodrow Wilson and the Reimagining of Eastern Europe Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Global Jihad: A Brief History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5War in the Age of Trump: The Defeat of ISIS, the Fall of the Kurds, the Conflict with Iran Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Macat Analysis of Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Macat Analysis of Bernard Bailyn's The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cold War Exiles and the CIA: Plotting to Free Russia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hanna Batatu's "The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movements of Iraq": A Macat Analysis Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEverything Is Possible: Antifascism and the Left in the Age of Fascism Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChasing Utopia (Booktrack Edition): The Future of the Kibbutz in a Divided Israel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Path to Peace: A Brief History of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations and a Way Forward in the Middle East Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Arab Winter: A Tragedy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Republics of Myth: National Narratives and the US-Iran Conflict Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Macat Analysis of Saba Mahmood's Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Western Jihadism Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShameless: The Fight for Adoption Disclosure and the Search for My Son Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Land Beyond the Border: State Formation and Territorial Expansion in Syria, Morocco, and Israel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The State of Israel vs. the Jews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Macat Analysis of John Lewis Gaddis’s We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Death to the Dictator!: A Young Man Casts a Vote in Iran's 2009 Election and Pays a Devastating Price Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Empire of Sand: How Britain Made the Middle East Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsImperialism and Social Classes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIran Rising: The Survival and Future of the Islamic Republic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Middle Eastern History For You
Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On Palestine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Very Short Introduction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Palestine Peace Not Apartheid: Peace Not Apartheid Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Islam: A Short History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Generation Kill Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mossad: The History and Legacy of Israel’s National Intelligence Agency Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Case for Israel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5From Beirut to Jerusalem Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5History of Israel – Palestine Conflict Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
G. John Ikenberry on Liberal Internationalism 0% found this document usefulImmigration, decolonisation and Britain’s Radical Right: What did the British empire, it’s history and leg… 0% found this document usefulTunisia: Ernie Rea and guests discuss the role of religion in Tunisian society and government. 0% found this document usefulUlrich Beck's Risk Society 0% found this document usefulThe Sunday Debate: It's time to bring Russia in from the cold: Rapprochement is in the West's best interests 0% found this document usefulAvi Shlaim: Why I'm advocating for a one state solution 0% found this document usefulAntonio Gramsci, Cultural Marxism, Wokeness, and Leninism 4.0: The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep… 0% found this document usefulGaza: Cruel Zionism, Past and Present with Professor Avi Shlaim 0% found this document useful30YearsWar: 17th Century Warfare Episode 6: Turks At Work 100% found this document usefulAfghanistan: Afghanistan: Afghan migrants in Britain. Also, the return of the Taliban. 0% found this document usefulLatin America's veins are wide open 0% found this document usefulGuy Standing: The Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth 0% found this document usefulDebt: A Discussion with Huzaifa Omair Siddiqi 0% found this document usefulCole Bunzel on Wahhābism 0% found this document usefulUnlocked: Norm Finkelstein Part 1 – "I'll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It" 0% found this document usefulWhat is Christian Nationalism, and what is it not? With Philip S. Gorski, author of "The Flag and the Cross" 50% found this document useful
Related articles
Who Are The Taliban Leaders? Guardian WeeklyArticle
Who Are The Taliban Leaders?
Sep 3, 2021
Emir of the Taliban, the 60-year-old Islamic legal scholar from rural Kandahar, who was the Taliban’s top religious judge, became leader of the group in 2016, after a US drone strike killed his predecessor. There is only one known photograph of Akhun
1 min readDe-privatizing The Rain Lessons In Resistance New InternationalistArticle
De-privatizing The Rain Lessons In Resistance
Dec 17, 2022
1 min read2020 Is Winding Down, But The Drama Isn't: Read These Books Now To Make Sense Of It Chicago TribuneArticle
2020 Is Winding Down, But The Drama Isn't: Read These Books Now To Make Sense Of It
Sep 9, 2020
Trainwreck. Demented. A dumpster fire of a year. We've all seen the social media memes, and most of us are ready to be done with 2020. But it isn't over yet. We still have a rancorous election season ahead of us as the country continues to reel from
7 min readJonah Goldberg: Pandemic Is A Blown Opportunity For Conservative Nationalists Tribune Content Agency OpinionsArticle
Jonah Goldberg: Pandemic Is A Blown Opportunity For Conservative Nationalists
May 20, 2020
Future historians of the American right are going to have a devil of a time figuring out what the hell happened as the second decade of the 21st century came to a close. But every day I become more convinced about at least one of their conclusions: T
3 min readThe Guardian View On Salman Rushdie: Democracy Relies On The Right To Dissent | Editorial The GuardianArticle
The Guardian View On Salman Rushdie: Democracy Relies On The Right To Dissent | Editorial
Aug 16, 2022
Even before a dying Ayatollah Khomeini deemed The Satanic Verses so blasphemous that he issued a fatwa in 1989 calling for Sir Salman Rushdie to be murdered, the author had been defiant. “I cannot censor. I write whatever there is to write,” Rushdie
2 min readLincoln Brought Strength Of Character – And Backwoods Wit – To Governing The Christian Science MonitorArticle
Lincoln Brought Strength Of Character – And Backwoods Wit – To Governing
Oct 29, 2020
The 16th president faced daunting challenges during the Civil War. Two new biographies demonstrate that he was equal to the task.
3 min readThe Modernist Who Wanted To Be Führer The Critic MagazineArticle
The Modernist Who Wanted To Be Führer
Mar 25, 2021
10 min readThe Indian Writer and the Past The CaravanArticle
The Indian Writer and the Past
Oct 9, 2020
26 min readTest of Faith The CaravanArticle
Test of Faith
Feb 9, 2020
6 min readBeirut, Modernism’s Vanished Utopia Literary HubArticle
Beirut, Modernism’s Vanished Utopia
Feb 4, 2019
9 min readAt Home In The Asylum The American ScholarArticle
At Home In The Asylum
Dec 1, 2022
5 min readBirth Of A Four-decade Nightmare The Critic MagazineArticle
Birth Of A Four-decade Nightmare
Jun 30, 2022
IN APRIL 2021, ON THE DAY he announced the withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan, President Biden walked in light rain along the lines of white gravestones in Section 60 of Arlington Cemetery, where those who fell in Afghanistan and Iraq are b
4 min readIt's The Powerless Who Suffer When Free Speech Is Threatened | Kenan Malik The GuardianArticle
It's The Powerless Who Suffer When Free Speech Is Threatened | Kenan Malik
Jul 19, 2020
3 min readThe Soviet Anthology of “Negro Poetry” The Paris ReviewArticle
The Soviet Anthology of “Negro Poetry”
May 15, 2018
4 min readThe Lives of Others India TodayArticle
The Lives of Others
Jan 9, 2021
2 min readRobert C. Koehler: Diversity In The Crosshairs Tribune Content Agency OpinionsArticle
Robert C. Koehler: Diversity In The Crosshairs
Feb 8, 2024
“Welcome to Dearborn, America’s Jihad Capital . . .” No, this is not the official “you are now entering Dearborn, Michigan” sign, at the corner of Michigan and Wyoming avenues, or whatever. This prosperous Detroit suburb — not only the hometown of He
3 min readIn The Shadow Of 9/11 BBC History MagazineArticle
In The Shadow Of 9/11
Sep 2, 2021
10 min readReligion And Fascism An Uneasy Mix Post South AfricaArticle
Religion And Fascism An Uneasy Mix
Aug 8, 2023
THERE are far too many lies, distortions and selective quotes in Azad Essa’s book, Hostile Homelands: The New Alliance Between India and Israel. Long before Savarkar Chandranath Basu, Ahmad al-Faruqi al-Sirhindi (1564-1624) came out with the Islamic
1 min read“Globalist” Doesn’t Mean “Jew” Manhattan InstituteArticle
“Globalist” Doesn’t Mean “Jew”
Oct 29, 2018
3 min readA Priceless Archive of Ordinary Life The AtlanticArticle
A Priceless Archive of Ordinary Life
Feb 9, 2021
12 min readCalling All Calibans American HistoryArticle
Calling All Calibans
May 21, 2019
4 min readBehind the American Right’s Fascination With Viktor Orbán The AtlanticArticle
Behind the American Right’s Fascination With Viktor Orbán
Aug 27, 2022
8 min readLines Of Resistance Foreign Policy MagazineArticle
Lines Of Resistance
Jun 1, 2016
In her 2014 book Citizen: An American Lyric, Claudia Rankine combines verse, prose, and images to create a powerful record of the black American experience. She offers many anecdotes of insult and erasure, such as when a man cuts in line at a drugsto
4 min readTaking Buddha To The World India TodayArticle
Taking Buddha To The World
Jul 31, 2021
Sir Edwin Arnold’s poem on the life and teachings of the Buddha, The Light of Asia, was published in 1879. He wrote it as a means of ‘relaxing’ between writing stressful and prosaic Daily Telegraph editorials on the Russo-Ottoman war from a British p
2 min readWhy Salman Rushdie's Work Sparked Decades Of Controversy NPRArticle
Why Salman Rushdie's Work Sparked Decades Of Controversy
Aug 13, 2022
2 min readWhy Salman Rushdie's Work Sparked Decades Of Controversy NPRArticle
Why Salman Rushdie's Work Sparked Decades Of Controversy
Aug 13, 2022
2 min readRushdie’s Challenge to Islamic Orthodoxy The AtlanticArticle
Rushdie’s Challenge to Islamic Orthodoxy
Aug 23, 2022
6 min readKamala Harris and the ‘Other 1 Percent’ The AtlanticArticle
Kamala Harris and the ‘Other 1 Percent’
Oct 7, 2020
6 min readWhy Do Fascists Love Dante? The AtlanticArticle
Why Do Fascists Love Dante?
Feb 10, 2023
4 min readThe Assault On Salman Rushdie Is A Cruel Reminder That The Past Still Casts A Long Shadow The IndependentArticle
The Assault On Salman Rushdie Is A Cruel Reminder That The Past Still Casts A Long Shadow
Aug 12, 2022
4 min read
Related categories
Reviews for A Macat Analysis of Hamid Dabashi's Iran
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3/5
1 rating0 reviews