The Persians: Ancient Mediaeval And Modern Iran Homa Katouzian Yale University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

In Recent Years Iran Has Gained Attention Mostly For Negative Reasons—Its Authoritarian Religious Government Disputed Nuclear Program And Controversial Role The Middle East—But There Is Much More To Story Of This Ancient Land Than Can Be Gleaned From News Authoritative Comprehensive History Written By Homa Katouzian An Acclaimed Expert Covers Entire Area Persian Empire Today’s Iranian State Writing Rather A European Perspective Integrates Significant Cultural Literary With Its Political Social Some Greatest Poets Human Wrote Persian—Among Them Rumi Omar Khayyam Saadi—And Discusses Occasionally Quotes Their Work His Thoughtful Analysis Society Argues That Absolute Arbitrary Power Traditionally Enjoyed Rulers Resulted Unstable Where Fear Short-Term Thinking Dominate Magisterial Book Also Serves As Excellent Background Contemporary World Σελίδες: 448 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1115 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm