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Ethnic Minorities and the Politics of Identity in Iran

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Ethnic Identity and the State in Iran, Saleh Alam, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, ISBN 978-1-137-31086-6, 233 pp. (hardback)

Minorities in Iran: Nationalism and Ethnicity after Khomeini, Elling Rasmus Christian. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, ISBN 978-0-230-11584-2, 267 pp. (hardback)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Rasmus Christian Elling
Affiliation:
University of Copenhagen
Alam Saleh
Affiliation:
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter

Abstract

The present review essay is of a novel format: two authors working in the same field introduce each other's works, and then pose a number of questions to each other. The aim is to facilitate dialogue between scholars occupied with similar issues, theories, methods or problems, and to share their discussions with others. Here, Alam Saleh, Lecturer in Middle Eastern Politics, University of Exeter, and Rasmus Christian Elling, Assistant Professor of Iranian Studies, University of Copenhagen, introduce each other's recent books on ethnic minorities, identity and nationalism in post-revolution Iran. These introductions are then followed by questions and answers in relation to the topics covered by the books.

Type
Review Essay
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Iranian Studies 2014

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References

Selected Publications

Elling, Rasmus Christian. “Matters of Authenticity: Nationalism, Islam and Ethnic Diversity in Iran.” In Iran: From Theocracy to the Green Movement, edited by Nabavi, Negin 7999. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Elling, Rasmus Christian. Minorities in Iran: Nationalism and Ethnicity in Iran after Khomeini. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Elling, Rasmus Christian. “Tribal Hands and Minority Votes: Ethnicity, Regionalism and Elections in Iran.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 38, no. 14 (2015): 25342550.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Saleh, Alam and Shahi, Afshin. (2015) ‘Andalusiasation: Is Iran on the Trajectory of De-Islamisation?’. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 42 (4), pp. 500519.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Saleh, Alam and Worrall, James. (2015) ‘Between Darius and Khomeini: Exploring Iran’s Identity Problematique’, National Identities. 17 (1), pp. 7397.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Saleh, Alam. “Iran's National Identity Problematic.” Sfera Politicii 4, no. 170 (2012): 5059.Google Scholar
Saleh, Alam. “Relative Deprivation Theory, Nationalism, Ethnicity and Identity Conflicts.” International Geopolitics Quarterly 8 no. 4 (2013): 156174.Google Scholar
Saleh, Alam. Ethnic Identity and the State in Iran. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.CrossRefGoogle Scholar