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This book fills a void in the field of pre-modern literature
written in Persian. It is the first scholarly publication in
English language on and around the poet Nizami Ganjavi written by
important Western and Non-Western scholars, enriching the field
with an awareness of their knowledge and research interests. The
multidisciplinary volume initiates a much-needed dialogue it
initiates a much-needed dialogue between the metropolitan and
postcolonial academic points of view. By the example of Nizami's
poems it shows how different academic circles interpret Medieval
authors in relation to modern-day national identity and national
cultures. Unlike in Europe and USA, in the USSR citizenship and
ethnicity, like two modern official different criteria of identity,
became a stumbling block in the division of cultural heritage of
the past. Irredentism is a central topic in the post-Soviet Union
world and gives a voice to the peripheral rather than to the
metropolis with its colonial arguments. The richness and usefulness
of this volume is that the contributions that take this innovative
standpoint are put side by side with others, which remain within
the traditional literary analysis and examine Nizami's creative
thoughts on human, society, women, or justice.
Imaginative representations of different cultures are one of the
major stumbling blocks to understanding, deepening the gap between
people as they are passed from one text to another, especially in
periods of historical transition. These transfers are sometimes
innocent, while at other times they serve political agendas. The
sample of images and estimations of others becomes a priority and,
frequently for this reason, stereotypical. This is the subject of
investigation for the majority of the authors in this collection.
This book with articles presented here is an attempt to understand
the core of confirmed or standardized social norms. The book
contains articles in English and in Russian language.
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