PersiaRoutledge, 2011 M02 28 - 128 pages This volume is a fascinating portrait of a part of the world uneasily balanced between many loyalties âe" East and West, European and Arabic. The coronation of the Shah in 1967 marked the end of the need for foreign aid, and Iran emerged from her struggles to become the leading nation in the Middle East. Written before the crippling Iran-Iraq war broke out, this book looked forward to Iranâe(tm)s great future, which, in the authorâe(tm)s opinion, could only be achieved if she broke with her traditions to form a new material and spiritual synthesis. |
Contents
CHAPTER I Deserts and Mirages | 13 |
CHAPTER II The Charisma of the King of Kings | 23 |
CHAPTER III Cultural Syncretism | 36 |
CHAPTER IV The Flowering of Literature | 44 |
CHAPTER V Dualism in Faith | 53 |
CHAPTER VI Half the World is Isfahan | 63 |
CHAPTER VII The Overdeveloped Occident | 73 |
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