Previously published as a special issue of British Journal of
Middle East Studies, this volume focuses on leading figures within
Iran between 1997-2007 and their visions and works that are related
to Iranian society.
A cross section of opinion is investigated, including the
clerical ( Ali Khameneh i, Muhammad Khatami and Mohsen Kadivar),
the dissident (Mohsen Makhmalbaf), and the poetic (Qaysar Aminpour)
and cinematic. The past decade has been a traumatic one in Iran,
and the essays in this volume testify to the vibrancy of the
responses from Iranian thinkers. It may be a surprise to some
observers that in some senses, Ali Khameneh i may be considered a
liberal whereas Muhammad Khatami s own credentials as an advocate
of rapprochement with the West needs to be qualified. Responses to
Western culture continue to remain centre-stage, and this is also
nowhere more apparent than in the complex relationship between the
directors of Iranian films (perhaps Iran s most celebrated export
these days) and their audiences, both Iranian and Western. Despite
some viewing Iran as a pariah state, it remains firmly connected to
the West and to modern technology, typified in the practice of
blogging that is enjoyed by so many Iranians, which has provided a
new space for expression and thinking."
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