Hamid Dabashi is a distinguished cultural critic and author whose work illuminates Persian literature and Iranian culture. His prolific output, comprising numerous books and essays, delves into themes ranging from medieval and modern Islam to world art and philosophy. Dabashi challenges the confines of traditional European Orientalist and American area studies, making Iranian studies accessible to a broader audience. He is also the founder of a project dedicated to preserving Palestinian cinema and a strong advocate for transnational art and independent world film.
Exploring the Zhina uprising in Iran, Hamid Dabashi delves into the complexities of revolutionary success and failure. He examines the bold actions and tragic outcomes of the movement, prompting readers to reconsider how revolutions are evaluated. Through this retelling, the book challenges conventional narratives and encourages a deeper understanding of the dynamics at play in social upheaval.
The book highlights the unique contributions of Dabashi, a distinguished scholar in Iranian cinema and Persian literature. It emphasizes his singular perspective and the depth of his analysis, distinguishing him from other academics in the field. Through his work, readers gain insights into the intricate relationship between culture and film in Iran, showcasing Dabashi's exceptional role in shaping the discourse around these subjects.
Exploring the intersection of history and memory, Hamid Dabashi offers a vibrant, unique and personal examination of Iranian childhood. Combining vivid memories with careful critical reflection, Dabashi considers what it means to be a Muslim and an Iranian, and reasserts the power and place of... číst celé
Dabashi demonstrates how "the West" was an ideological commodity and civilizational mantra invented during the European Enlightenment, serving as an epicenter for the rise of globalized capitalist modernity. In turn, Orientalist ideologues went around the world manufacturing equally illusory abstractions in the form of inferior civilizations in India, China, Africa, Latin America, and the Islamic world. The result was the projection of "Islam and the West" as the prototype of a civilizational hostility that has given false explanations and flawed prognoses of our contemporary history, with weaponized Islamophobia on one side and militant Islamism on the other as its most palpable manifestations. Dabashi argues it is long past time to dismantle this dangerous liaison, expose and overcome its perilous delusions, and reimagine the world beyond its shimmering mirage. .
An intimate intellectual, political and personal portrait of Edward Said, one of the 20th centuries' leading public intellectuals.
Declares the end of the nation state as a political proposition predicting the dissolution of the state as an organizing framer of politics.
Moving beyond the Eurocentric approach to travel narratives, this comprehensive and transformative account of the adventures of more than a dozen Persian travelers in the nineteenth century re-discovers and reclaims the world as seen through their rich travelogues, removing the colonial borders within which their narratives had been placed.
Europe as we've known it is a dying myth, but colonial relations live on.
Hamid Dabashi insightfully traces the history, authorship, poetic significance, complicated legacy, and enduring significance of the Iranian epic poem the Shahnameh. In addition to explaining what makes it such a distinctive literary work, he makes a powerful case that we need to rethink the notion of world literature in light of the Shahnameh.