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Politics of Honor and Tragedy in Iran

Name: Politics of Honor and Tragedy in Iran
ISBN: 9781040712894

Reflections from Popular Iranian Films and TV Series

Mahdi Ahouie,

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eBook - ePub

Politics of Honor and Tragedy in Iran

Reflections from Popular Iranian Films and TV Series

Mahdi Ahouie,

About this book

Why does political life in Iran feel so deeply tragic—despite the country's abundant resources, youthful population, and rich cultural history? In this groundbreaking book, Mahdi Ahouie explores how the cultural ideal of honor (ezzat) has come to dominate Iranian political imagination, fueling a tragic pattern of defiance, resistance, and unresolved suffering that shapes both domestic experience and foreign policy.

Bridging psychoanalytic theory with cultural analysis, Ahouie draws on the work of Freud and Lacan to argue that honor in Iranian politics operates as a tragic fantasy: a narrative structure that seeks to compensate for the denial of international recognition, but instead reproduces cycles of antagonism and self-destruction. Through detailed analysis of four influential media productions—from war documentaries and action movies to family dramas and satirical comedies—the book shows how honor is performed, contested, and internalized within Iran's popular culture. These works become mirrors of a society caught between a yearning for civilizational grandeur and the trauma of historical humiliation.

Timely, original, and theoretically rich, Politics of Honor and Tragedy in Iran offers a vital lens into the country's political psyche. As tensions between Iran and the United States escalate once again—raising the specter of open conflict—this book sheds urgent light on the deeper cultural and psychological structures driving Iranian political behavior.

The book will appeal to scholars and students of Middle Eastern studies, cultural theory, psychoanalysis, and international politics, as well as general readers seeking to understand the emotional logic behind Iran's domestic struggles and its turbulent relationship with the world.

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