In recent years, Iran has gained attention mostly for negative reasons - for its authoritarian religious government, disputed nuclear programme, and controversial role in the Middle East - but there is much more to the story of this ancient land than can be gleaned from the news. This authoritative and comprehensive history of Iran, written by Homa Katouzian, an acclaimed exper...
In recent years, Iran has gained attention mostly for negative reasons - for its authoritarian religious government, disputed nuclear programme, and controversial role in the Middle East - but there is much more to the story of this ancient land than can be gleaned from the news. This authoritative and comprehensive history of Iran, written by Homa Katouzian, an acclaimed expert, covers the entire history of the area from the foundation of the ancient Persian empire to today's Iranian state. Writing from an Iranian rather than a European perspective, Katouzian integrates the significant cultural and literary history of Iran with its political and social history. Some of the greatest poets of human history wrote in Persian - among them Rumi, Omar Khayyam, and Saadi - and Katouzian discusses and occasionally quotes their work. In his thoughtful analysis of Iranian society, Katouzian argues that the absolute and arbitrary power traditionally enjoyed by Persian/Iranian rulers has resulted in an unstable society where fear and short-term thinking dominate. A magisterial history, this book also serves as an excellent background to the role of Iran in the contemporary world.
Homa Katouzian, a native of Iran, teaches Iranian history and Persian literature at St. Antony’s College and the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford. He is also editor of the journal Iranian Studies.
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3 有用 Die Katze 2020-12-22 10:09:12
主要看40年代遭到多国占领那一章，基本合格。按作者的写法，上溯到阿契美尼王朝是没有太大必要的。
0 有用 Iri.A 2022-10-22 05:31:43 加拿大
4.5。古代部分主要扣题short-term society/absolute arbitrary rule/‘just ruler/state-society conflict 整理脉络。现当代部分非常精彩。
0 有用 Jeanne d'Hsiu 2021-09-21 13:28:19
跟流水账差不多
3 有用 咖啡罐子 2021-07-30 22:43:01
仿佛在看本国历史
0 有用 去亚寒带冬泳 2023-08-02 11:43:48 上海
后半本开始，其实写的不难，很需要对这个文化的基本知识，可能我读的感觉就像没有接受过汉学教育的老外读汉学作品一样。