Iran: Empire of the Mind
A History from Zoroaster to the Present Day
Michael Axworthy
- FULLY
- UPDATED
- SECOND
- EDITION,
- NOW
- WITH
- NEW
- POSTSCRIPT
- BY
- ALI
- ANSARIIran
- often
- appears
- in
- the
- media
- as
- a
- hostile
- and
- difficult
- country.
- But
- beneath
- the
- headlines
- there
- is
- a
- fascinating
- story
- of
- a
- nation
- of
- great
- intellectual
- variety
- and
- depth,
- and
- enormous
- cultural
- importance.
- A
- nation
- whose
- impact
- has
- been
- tremendous,
- not
- only
- on
- its
- neighbours
- in
- the
- Middle
- East
- but
- on
- the
- world
- as
- a
- whole
- -
- and
- through
- ideas
- and
- creativity
- rather
- than
- by
- the
- sword.From
- the
- time
- of
- the
- prophet
- Zoroaster,
- to
- the
- powerful
- ancient
- Persian
- Empires,
- to
- the
- revolution
- of
- 1979,
- the
- hostage
- crisis
- and
- current
- president
- Mahmud
- Ahmadinejad
- -
- a
- controversial
- figure
- within
- as
- well
- as
- outside
- the
- country
- -
- Michael
- Axworthy
- traces
- a
- vivid,
- integrated
- account
- of
- Iran's
- past.
- He
- explains
- clearly
- and
- carefully
- both
- the
- complex
- succession
- of
- dynasties
- that
- ruled
- ancient
- Iran
- and
- the
- surprising
- ethnic
- diversity
- of
- the
- modern
- country,
- held
- together
- by
- a
- common
- culture.With
- Iran
- again
- the
- focus
- of
- the
- world's
- attention,
- and
- questions
- about
- the
- country's
- disposition
- and
- intentions
- pressing,
- Iran:
- Empire
- of
- the
- Mind
- is
- an
- essential
- guide
- to
- understanding
- a
- complicated land.
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