Reclaiming the Faravahar: Zoroastrian Survival in Contemporary Tehran - Brossura

Fozi, Navid

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ISBN 10: 9087282141 ISBN 13: 9789087282141

Casa editrice: Leiden Univ Pr, 2014

Riassunto

Reclaiming the Faravahar is the first ethnographic study of contemporary Zoroastrians in Tehran. Examining hundreds of ritual performances, Navid Fozi shows how Zoroastrians define their identity and values in an area long marked by conflict between the Shia and Sunnis. He focuses on two main concerns for Zoroastrians: continuity with the past as evidenced by their claim to be the most authentic Iranians, as well as their attempts to stand apart from the dominant Shia. Fozi also provides a look at the challenges Zoroastrians have faced over the centuries while exploring how today’s members are working to remain relevant in a tumultuous regional and global context.

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L'autore:

Navid Fozi holds a PhD in socio-cultural anthropology from Boston University. He is currently a Fulbright scholar conducting fieldwork on the Iranian diaspora in Malaysia.

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Reclaiming the Faravahar is an ethnographic study of the contemporary Zoroastrians in Tehran. It examines hundreds of public discursive and ritual performances to show how they play upon national, religious, and ethnic categories to frame the Zoroastrian identity within the longstanding conflict between Iranian Shi'a and Arab Sunnis, defining and defending Zoroastrians' identity and values in Shi'i dominated Iran. The book focuses on two main concerns of the community: continuity with the past, hence a claim of being the authentic Iranians; and distinction from the dominant Shi'a, thus appealing to fellow non-Zoroastrians who are disenchanted with Islamic Republic. It also provides an historical sketch of Zoroastrians' condition after the Arab incursion into the Persian territory of seventh-century Iran and some of the challenges they have faced, such as emigration, conversion, absorption, and declining numbers. The book then explores the ways in which these challenges are received, understood, and articulated by today's community, and how the community makes a conscious effort to remain not only relevant in contemporary Iran but in a global context as well. The book will mainly appeal to scholars and students of religion, ritual, history, performance theories, discursive analysis, authoritarian regimes, and subalterns. Academics with an interest in Iran and the Shi'i tradition will take particular interest in the work.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Leiden Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 9087282141
• ISBN 13: 9789087282141
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 238