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| Jalal Al-e Ahmad |
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| Gharbzadegi |
| [Weststruckness] |
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Translated from the Persian by John Green and
Ahmad Alizadeh.
Illustrated by Ardeshir Mohasses.
Available in PDF version only. See note below. |
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Gharbzadegi [Weststruckness] is a tour de force on social conditions in Iran. It was written in 1962 when the Pahlavi regime seemed to have control over Iran's destiny. For the author, Al-e Ahmad (1923-1969), the result was total national submission to the West and its technology. The Iranian monarchy is portrayed in this work as no more than a native brokerage for Western influence, with no aims and identity of its own. Al-e Ahmad sought to defined in large part by a tradition of conflict with the West. This essay is a document of immense significance for students of Iranian social and intellectual history.
Observers of contemporary problems in the developing world in general and in the Middle East in particular will find much in it that pertains to the concern about modernization, Westernization and development.
This volume includes twelve previously unpublished illustrations exclusively drawn for Mazda Publishers by the renowned artist, Ardeshir Mohassess.
[NOTE: This PDF version is delivered electronically to your personal library so you can access as often as you like! Therefore, the shopping cart will allow you to order only 1 copy of each PDF product. This material is copyrighted and sharing it will be in violation of domestic and international copyright conventions.]
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 | Jalal Al-e Ahmad
Born in 1923, Jalal Al-e Ahmad was a prolific writer, some of whose works including his most popular anti-government polemic essay, Gharbzadegi [Weststruckness, Mazda Publishers, 1983], his most popular novel Modir-e Madreseh [The School Principal], and perhaps his best novel, Nun Valqalam [By the Pen] have appeared in English translation. He died of a heart attack at the age of 46 in 1969. |
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