Iran and the Challenge of Diversity: Islamic Fundamentalism, Aryanist Racism, and Democratic Struggles
Ailreza Asgharzadeh
266 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 1403980802
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Language: English
Publish: July 19, 2007
This interrogates the racist construction of Aria and Aryanism in an Iranian context, arguing that these concepts gave the Indo-European speaking Persian ethnic group an advantage over Iran’s non-Persian nationalities and communities.