Iranian Nationality and the Persian Language - Hardcover

Miskub, Shahrukh; Banuazizi, Ali

  • 3.64 out of 5 stars
    108 ratings by Goodreads
 
9780934211215: Iranian Nationality and the Persian Language
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0934211213 ISBN 13: 9780934211215
Publisher: Mage Pub, 1992

Synopsis

In this insightful study of Iranian cultural history and national identity, Shahrokh Meskoob, one of Iran's leading intellectuals, reviews the roles of three social classes, the courtiers and bureaucratic officials (ahl-e divan), the religious scholars (ulama), and the Muslim Gnostics (Sufi poets and writers), in the development and refinement of the Persian language during the past one thousand years and gives the reader a fresh perspective on Iranian cultural heritage and the struggle to forge a distinct national identity. Dr. Ali Banuazizi's foreword and interview with the author sets the stage for a fuller appreciation of this invaluable and wide-ranging contribution to Iranian intellectual history.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Shahrokh Meskoob

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Persian

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Mage Pub
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0934211213
ISBN 13 
9780934211215
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
191
Editor
Perry John R.
Rating
  • 3.64 out of 5 stars
    108 ratings by Goodreads