The Importance of Orientalism in Iran

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Iran was in a very weak position at the time of Fatah al-Yushar's rule. They were trying to face down Russia and the British Empire, where Industrial Revolution came from. This is also when we have archeologists and the emergence of kind of orientalism as a discipline going to Iran. And they're actually connecting the God draws to the ancient history of Cyrus the Great. Even though they are a Turkic tribe, they're connecting themselves to this imperial past.

Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran, from 1906 through the present. This episode is the first in a four-part series, covering the period from 1906 until 1941, from the Constitutional Revolution that imposed constitutional limits on the Qajar dynasty through the 1921 coup that brought to power Reza Khan—who then in 1925 deposed the Qajars and became Reza Shah, the first shah of the Pahlavi dynasty. We end just before the 1941 occupation of Iran by longtime imperial powers, Britain and the Soviet Union, which forced Reza Shah out and replaced him with his son, Muhammad Reza Shah—which is where we will pick up in episode two. RIP Mike Davis. Listen to his Dig interviews here: thedigradio.com/tag/mike-davis Please support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig Read our newsletters and explore our vast archives at thedigradio.com