IRAN: A People Interrupted - Hamid Dabashi
Synopsis:
Dabashi tells a story of Iran through a "lens of a worldly cosmopolitanism" where he pays close attention to emancipatory movements the country has witnessed—among others through its literature, art, cinema, and feminism etc. His thesis is that Iran must be understood as a place of defiance against both domestic tyranny (which he defines as absolute monarchy or theocracy but nonetheless patriarchal) and foreign intervention (colonialism and imperialism).
Among its topics, the book features discussions regarding the new and combative presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his current showdown with the United States, as well as the rise of Iran as a regional power in the Middle East, the Salman Rushdie Affair, the Iran–Iraq War, the Islamic Revolution, the U.S. hostage crisis of 1979, the role of Iran during the Cold War, the Pahlavi dynasty, the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and the end of the Qajar dynasty.
Among its topics, the book features discussions regarding the new and combative presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his current showdown with the United States, as well as the rise of Iran as a regional power in the Middle East, the Salman Rushdie Affair, the Iran–Iraq War, the Islamic Revolution, the U.S. hostage crisis of 1979, the role of Iran during the Cold War, the Pahlavi dynasty, the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and the end of the Qajar dynasty.
Analysis:
Post Colonialism is all about an academic discipline that comprises methods of intellectual discourse that present analysis of, and responses to, the cultural legacies of colonialism and of imperialism.
This novel is maybe either of the 2 sides of Post Colonialism. The Militaristic Side and the Civilization Side. First is the Militaristic Side - the physical conquest and occupation of territories. The author tells and explains how the Westerns or the Americans colonized their country. And how the leaders of his country sacrificed everything to gain freedom from those colonizers. How they survived, fought and defended themselves together to attain all their aims and intentions of being free from the Americans. Another is the Civilization Side - the conquest of minds, selves, and cultures. He also discussed here how the Iranians or his fellowmen were treated during the colonization. The racism, poverty and brutality which led them to great depression and which greatly affect the lives of the Iranians during those times.
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