Global 1979: Geographies and Histories of the Iranian Revolution

by Arang Keshavarzian (Editor), Ali Mirsepassi (Editor), Arash Davari (Contributor)

The Iranian revolution of 1979 not only had an impact on regional and international affairs, but was made possible by the world and time in which it unfolded. This multi-disciplinary volume presents this revolution within its transnational and global contexts. Moving deftly from the personal to the global and from the provincial to the national, it draws attention to the multiplicity of spaces of the revolution such as streets, schools, prisons, personal lives, and histories such as the Cold War and Global 1960s and 70s. With a broad range of approaches, Global 1979 conceives of the Iranian Revolution not as exceptional or anachronistic, but as an uprising constituted by multiple, interwoven geographies and histories, which disrupt static and bounded notions of the local, national, regional, and global.

Genres: History, Iran

476 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 15, 2021

Reviews

[Diane · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an edited volume on the Iranian Revolution, that looks at international aspects of the revolution. It is an interesting topic, and I had high hopes for the book, but I found the chapters very uneven. Some of them were excellent, while others seemed focused on more esoteric political theory that was hard to follow. I thought there were plenty of topics that were touched on, but not developed in any great detail.