Fakhreddin Azimi
Autor(a) de The Quest for Democracy in Iran: A Century of Struggle against Authoritarian Rule
About the Author
Fakhreddin Azimi is Professor of History at the University of Connecticut.
Obras de Fakhreddin Azimi
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Sexo
- male
Membros
Resenhas
Prêmios
You May Also Like
Associated Authors
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 28
- Popularidade
- #471,397
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Resenhas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 6
The book is quite long at 450 pages and I think it could well have been shortened by a third. The presentation is not chronological and the author sometimes returns to topics already covered earlier. This applies particularly to his account of Mohammed Pahlavi's dictatorship, which he castigates on several occasions. The chapters on the islamic era are more subdued and the book has curiously little to say about ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The author may have good and unstated reasons for treading lightly on that subject. Another minor complaint is that the prologue and epilogue are stuffed thick with academic jargon and fail to add anything meaningful to the actual narrative.
However, this is still a book worth reading. Not only does it explain in some detail how Iran came to be the country it is today, it also chronicles a long popular (arising from the populace, that is) stuggle whose history certainly deserves to be disseminated. The colonial legacy and the deliberate harms perpetrated by US and British diplomacy on the incipient democratic movement also carry broader implications for today's world. The author does not offer much optimistic hope for a democratic future in Iran. In light of everything that happened in the last century, his caution is probably justified.… (mais)