Revised and extended article: The Last Muslim Intellectual, The Life and Legacy of Jalal Al-e Ahmad: Political economy Approach | ||
International Journal of New Political Economy | ||
مقاله 10، دوره 5، شماره 2، 2024، صفحه 273-288 اصل مقاله (280.67 K) | ||
شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.48308/jep.5.2.273 | ||
نویسنده | ||
Homa Katouzian* | ||
St Antony’s College; Member, the Faulty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. | ||
چکیده | ||
Jalal Al-e Ahmad was a leading Iranian writer and critic, best known for his long essay, Gharbzadegi or Weststruckness, which many critics controversially regard as a harbinger of the Islamic revolution. There is no doubt that, willy-nilly, what was believed to be his rejection of Western civilization was posthumously very influential in shaping public opinion. Dabashi’s largely uncritical biography is useful in its description of Al-e Ahmad’s life but is flawed in its interpretation and analysis of his works. In particular, it ignores Al-e Ahmad’s extensive resort to conspiratorial theories and his cavalier treatment of not just Iranian but world history to prove his case. This article could be accounted as a new analysis of the political economy of Ale-e Ahmad as well. | ||
کلیدواژهها | ||
Muslim Intellectual؛ Jalal Al-e Ahmad؛ Political economy؛ Iran | ||
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