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An Introduction to the Internationalization of Higher Education

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By: Ali Arabkheradmand,Enayat A. Shabani,Amir Zand-Moghadam,Hossein Samadi Bahrami,Ali Derakhshesh,Arya Rahimi Golkhandan

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An Introduction to the Internationalization of Higher Education

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By: Ali Arabkheradmand,Enayat A. Shabani,Amir Zand-Moghadam,Hossein Samadi Bahrami,Ali Derakhshesh,Arya Rahimi Golkhandan

Internationalization of higher education is a concept that is currently making its way to every corner of the globe. An Introduction to the Internationalization of Higher Education aims to provide the reader with an introduction to this subject and explore three of its most fundamental aspects; namely, internationalization at home, internationalization abroad, and internationalization of curriculum. This publication delves into the underlying rationale for internationalization of higher education and discusses the opportunities and challenges brought about by this concept. Current practices regarding the internationalization of higher education are discussed, and the requirements for the realization of these activities are laid out. This book can act as a basis for future research endeavors as it clearly and comprehensively introduces the internationalization of higher education and answers various questions about this topic.

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University Press of America

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0761864717

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The Rise of Modern Despotism in Iran

The Shah, the Opposition, and the US, 1953–1968

By: Ali Rahnema

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The Rise of Modern Despotism in Iran

The Shah, the Opposition, and the US, 1953–1968

By: Ali Rahnema

How did the Shah of Iran become a modern despot? In 1953, Iranian monarch Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlavi emerged victorious from a power struggle with his prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddeq, thanks to a coup masterminded by Britain and the United States. Mosaddeq believed the Shah should reign not rule, but the Shah was determined that no one would make him a mere symbol. In this meticulous political history, Ali Rahnema details Iran’s slow transition from constitutional to despotic monarchy. He examines the tug of war between the Shah, his political opposition, a nation in search of greater liberty, and successive US administrations with their changing priorities. He shows how the Shah gradually assumed control over the legislature, the judiciary, the executive, and the media, and clamped down on his opponents’ activities. By 1968, the Shah’s turn to despotism was complete. The consequences would be far-reaching.

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Simon and Schuster

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086154143X

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9780861541430

Democracy in Modern Iran

Islam, Culture, and Political Change

By: Ali Mirsepassi

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Democracy in Modern Iran

Islam, Culture, and Political Change

By: Ali Mirsepassi

New perspectives on Iran's relationship to democracy Can Islamic societies embrace democracy? In Democracy in Modern Iran, Ali Mirsepassi maintains that it is possible, demonstrating that Islam is not inherently hostile to the idea of democracy. Rather, he provides new perspective on how such a political and social transformation could take place, arguing that the key to understanding the integration of Islam and democracy lies in concrete social institutions rather than pre-conceived ideas, the every day experiences rather than abstract theories. Mirsepassi, an Iranian native, provides a rare inside look into the country, offering a deep understanding of how Islamic countries like Iran and Iraq can and will embrace democracy. Democracy in Modern Iran challenges readers to think about Islam and democracy critically and in a far more nuanced way than is done in black-and-white dichotomies of Islam vs. Democracy, or Iran vs. the West. This essential volume contributes important insights to current discussions, creating a more complex conception of modernity in the Eastern world and, with it, Mirsepassi offers to a broad Western audience a more accurate, less clichéd vision of Iran’s political reality.

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236

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NYU Press

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0814763448

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9780814763445

The Political History of Modern Iran

Revolution, Reaction and Transformation, 1905 to the Present

By: Ali Rahnema

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The Political History of Modern Iran

Revolution, Reaction and Transformation, 1905 to the Present

By: Ali Rahnema

From the rise of constitutionalism during the rule of despotic Qajars, foreign invasions, the Pahlavi regimes' destructive politics, economic, cultural and social modernization efforts and the oil nationalization movement, to the Iranian Revolution, its high hopes, broken promises, repression and intolerance causing national discontent and another socio-political upheaval today, the history of modern Iran has been eventful, unstable and turbulent. In this textbook, Ali Rahnema draws on his experience teaching and researching on modern Iran to render one hundred years of modern Iranian politics and history into easy-to-follow episodic chapters. Step by step, and taking a chronological approach, students are given the core information, analysis, and critical assessment to understand the flow of contemporary Iranian history. This is a comprehensive and exhaustive guide for undergraduate and graduate level courses on modern Iranian history and politics. The textbook is complete with the following pedagogical features: * An initial chapter on how to study Iranian history and how to approach historiography * Images of key individuals discussed in each chapter * Text boxes throughout to highlight key episodes, concepts, and ideas *Three types of exam questions; factual and analytical, seminar, and discussion at the end of each chapter * Glossaries at the end of each chapter *A comprehensive timeline Topics covered include: party formations; the flourishing of the press; the expansion or reduction of political and civil rights; repression and human right abuses; foreign intervention and influence; obsessions over conspiracies; the influence of Western ideologies, the role of nationalism, cultural and historical Persian chauvinism; and Shi'i Islam and competing Shiisms.

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745

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0755644018

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9780755644018

Iran's Troubled Modernity

Debating Ahmad Fardid's Legacy

By: Ali Mirsepassi

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Iran's Troubled Modernity

Debating Ahmad Fardid's Legacy

By: Ali Mirsepassi

Mirsepassi uses interviews with thirteen individuals to relate the colourful life and times of Ahmad Fardid and his intellectual legacy.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108476392

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Political Islam, Iran, and the Enlightenment

Philosophies of Hope and Despair

By: Ali Mirsepassi

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Political Islam, Iran, and the Enlightenment

Philosophies of Hope and Despair

By: Ali Mirsepassi

Ali Mirsepassi's book presents a powerful challenge to the dominant media and scholarly construction of radical Islamist politics, and their anti-Western ideology, as a purely Islamic phenomenon derived from insular, traditional and monolithic religious 'foundations'. It argues that the discourse of political Islam has strong connections to important and disturbing currents in Western philosophy and modern Western intellectual trends. The work demonstrates this by establishing links between important contemporary Iranian intellectuals and the central influence of Martin Heidegger's philosophy. We are also introduced to new democratic narratives of modernity linked to diverse intellectual trends in the West and in non-Western societies, notably in India, where the ideas of John Dewey have influenced important democratic social movements. As the first book to make such connections, it promises to be an important contribution to the field and will do much to overturn some pervasive assumptions about the dichotomy between East and West.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139493256

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Transnationalism in Iranian Political Thought

The Life and Times of Ahmad Fardid

By: Ali Mirsepassi

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Transnationalism in Iranian Political Thought

The Life and Times of Ahmad Fardid

By: Ali Mirsepassi

During the Iranian Revolution of 1978/9, the influence of public intellectuals was widespread. Many espoused a vision of Iran freed from the influences of 'Westtoxification', inspired by Heideggerian concepts of anti-Western nativism. By following the intellectual journey of the Iranian philosopher Ahmad Fardid, Ali Mirsepassi offers in this book an account of the rise of political Islam in modern Iran. Through his controversial persona and numerous public and private appearances before, during and particularly after the Revolution, Fardid popularised an Islamist vision militantly hostile to the modern world that remains a fundamental part of the political philosophy of the Islamic Republic to this day. By also bringing elements of Fardid's post-revolutionary thought, as well as a critical analysis of Foucault's writings on 'the politics of spirituality', Mirsepassi offers an essential read for all those studying the evolution of political thought and philosophy in modern Iran and beyond.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316949826

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Iranian Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century

By: Ali Gheissari

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Iranian Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century

By: Ali Gheissari

Since the middle of the nineteenth century, Iranian intellectuals have been preoccupied by issues of political and social reform, Iran's relation with the modern West, and autocracy, or arbitrary rule. Drawing from a close reading of a broad array of primary sources, this book offers a thematic account of the Iranian intelligentsia from the Constitutional movement of 1905 to the post-1979 revolution. Ali Gheissari shows how in Iran, as in many other countries, intellectuals have been the prime mediators between the forces of tradition and modernity and have contributed significantly to the formation of the modern Iranian self image. His analysis of intellectuals' response to a number of fundamental questions, such as nationalism, identity, and the relation between Islam and modern politics, sheds new light on the factors that led to the Iranian Revolution—the twentieth century's first major departure from Western political ideals—and helps explain the complexities surrounding the reception of Western ideologies in the Middle East.

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268

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University of Texas Press

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0292778910

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9780292778917

An Introduction to the Internationalization of Higher Education

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By: Ali Arabkheradmand,Enayat A. Shabani,Amir Zand-Moghadam,Hossein Samadi Bahrami,Ali Derakhshesh,Arya Rahimi Golkhandan

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An Introduction to the Internationalization of Higher Education

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By: Ali Arabkheradmand,Enayat A. Shabani,Amir Zand-Moghadam,Hossein Samadi Bahrami,Ali Derakhshesh,Arya Rahimi Golkhandan

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Book's by Ali Derakhshesh

An Introduction to the Internationalization of Higher Education

An Introduction to the Internationalization of Higher Education

The Rise of Modern Despotism in Iran

The Rise of Modern Despotism in Iran

Democracy in Modern Iran

Democracy in Modern Iran

The Political History of Modern Iran

The Political History of Modern Iran

Iran's Troubled Modernity

Iran's Troubled Modernity

Political Islam, Iran, and the Enlightenment

Political Islam, Iran, and the Enlightenment

Transnationalism in Iranian Political Thought

Transnationalism in Iranian Political Thought

Iranian Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century

Iranian Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century

An Introduction to the Internationalization of Higher Education

An Introduction to the Internationalization of Higher Education

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