TY - BOOK ID - 78141262 TI - Iran and the Surrounding World : Interactions in Culture and Cultural Politics AU - Matthee, Rudolph P. AU - Keddie, Nikki R. PY - 2002 SN - 0295800240 9780295800240 0295982063 9780295982069 PB - Seattle : University of Washington Press, DB - UniCat KW - Culture. KW - Cultural sociology KW - Culture KW - Sociology of culture KW - Civilization KW - Popular culture KW - Social aspects KW - Iran KW - República Islâmica do Irã KW - Irã KW - Persia KW - Northern Tier KW - Islamic Republic of Iran KW - Jumhūrī-i Islāmī-i Īrān KW - I-lang KW - Paras-Iran KW - Paras KW - Persia-Iran KW - I.R.A. KW - Islamische Republik Iran KW - Islamskai︠a︡ Respublika Iran KW - I.R.I. KW - IRI KW - ايران KW - جمهورى اسلامى ايران KW - Êran KW - Komarî Îslamî Êran KW - Civilization. KW - Intellectual life. KW - Relations. KW - Intellectual life KW - Foreign relations KW - Civilisation KW - Vie intellectuelle KW - Relations extérieures KW - International relations. KW - Barbarism KW - Auxiliary sciences of history KW - World Decade for Cultural Development, 1988-1997 KW - Cultural life KW - Coexistence KW - Foreign affairs KW - Foreign policy KW - Global governance KW - Interdependence of nations KW - International affairs KW - Peaceful coexistence KW - World order KW - National security KW - Sovereignty KW - World politics KW - Iran. KW - Ir KW - Islamskai͡a Respublika Iran KW - República Islâmica do Ir UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78141262 AB - These essays examine Iran’s place in the world--its relations and cultural interactions with its immediate neighbors and with empires and superpowers from the beginning of the Safavid period in 1501 to the present day. The book provides important historical background on recent political and social developments in Iran and on its contemporary foreign relations. The topics explored include Iranian influence abroad on political organization, religion, literature, art, and diplomacy, as well as Iran's absorption of foreign influences in these areas. A special focus is the prevailing political culture of Iran throughout its early modern and contemporary periods.The authors combine approaches from history, political science, anthropology, international relations, and culturalstudies. Some essays address Iran’s interactions with various Arab and Turkic ethnicities in the region stretching from India to Egypt. Others examine its relations with the West during the Qajar and Pahlavi eras, women's issues, culture inside Iran during the Islamic Republic, and the Shi`ite theocracy of Iran as compared with other Muslim states. ER -