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A History of Iran
- Empire of the Mind
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Although frequently vilified, Iran is a nation of great intellectual variety and depth, and one of the oldest continuing civilizations in the world. Its political impact has been tremendous, not only on its neighbors in the Middle East but also throughout the world. From the time of the prophet Zoroaster, to the powerful ancient Persian Empires, to the revolution of 1979, the hostage crisis, and the current standoff over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Michael Axworthy vividly depicts the nation’s rich history. He explains clearly and carefully both the complex succession of dynasties that ruled ancient Iran and the surprising ethnic diversity of the modern country, held together by a common culture. With Iran again the focus of the world’s attention, A History of Iran is an essential guide to understanding this volatile nation.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Saeid Ebrahimzadeh
- 2023-01-22
Heavily biased
The authors definitely has deep insight to Iranian culture and society. What he lacks in his story telling is staying away from biased narration. He selectively has tried to highlight a certain section of history that he likes and darkening the part that he does not. For example, if you read the Nader Shah's rule over Iran you would definitly realize that he is in love with Nader. On the other hand, he has not given the Safavid a fair treatment in telling their story. He has not mentioned how the Safavids built Isfahan that is the image of their favor toward art. It is quite clear that he is in love in persian poetry and has only focused on that part of Iranian art form. Not to mention he has failed to keep bias away from his love of poetry by not giving credit to Shahryar in his book in any form.
Another major defect with this book is, again originating from his favorism, the fact that how he loves the "olama". Khomeini's interview on the airplane and the author's opinion to resemble that to "perfect human" is quite frankly absurd. Even Khomeini would have not thought that.
Whem reading a history book, all you want is to stay away from biased opinions and narration of the facts. You want to know what has happened as best as it is known to the writer. It is quite unprofessional to pollute the reader's mind with personal or one-sided narratives.
I should give credit to the writer for his knowledge of Iranian society and the atomsphere of the country at the moment. But this is not good enough for a history book to be recommended to a anyone who wants to learn about the history of Iran, as it happened, not as what one likes.
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