{"product_id":"persophilia-persian-culture-on-the-global-scene-9780674504691","title":"Persophilia: Persian Culture on the Global Scene","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Biblical period and Classical Antiquity to the rise of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, aspects of Persian culture have been integral to European history. A diverse constellation of European artists, poets, and thinkers have looked to Persia for inspiration, finding there a rich cultural counterpoint and frame of reference. Interest in all things Persian was no passing fancy but an enduring fascination that has shaped not just Western views but the self-image of Iranians up to the present day. \u003ci\u003ePersophilia\u003c\/i\u003e maps the changing geography of connections between Persia and the West over the centuries and shows that traffic in ideas about Persia and Persians did not travel on a one-way street.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did Iranians respond when they saw themselves reflected in Western mirrors? Expanding on J rgen Habermas's theory of the public sphere, and overcoming the limits of Edward Said, Hamid Dabashi answers this critical question by tracing the formation of a civic discursive space in Iran, seeing it as a prime example of a modern nation-state emerging from an ancient civilization in the context of European colonialism. The modern Iranian public sphere, Dabashi argues, cannot be understood apart from this dynamic interaction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePersophilia\u003c\/i\u003e takes into its purview works as varied as Xenophon's \u003ci\u003eCyropaedia\u003c\/i\u003e and Nietzsche's \u003ci\u003eThus Spoke Zarathustra\u003c\/i\u003e, Handel's \u003ci\u003eXerxes\u003c\/i\u003e and Puccini's \u003ci\u003eTurandot\u003c\/i\u003e, and Gauguin and Matisse's fascination with Persian art. The result is a provocative reading of world history that dismantles normative historiography and alters our understanding of postcolonial nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hamid Dabashi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674504691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDabashi, Hamid:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Hamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40085630943347,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9e27e160-d96a-4be0-8f6c-07124686bd58.jpg?v=1652450725","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/persophilia-persian-culture-on-the-global-scene-9780674504691","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}