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Marxism and Left-Wing Politics in Europe and Iran

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Traces the rise and fall of the European and Iranian Left

  • Provides contribution is a comparative politico-intellectual history of the European and Iranian Left

  • Examines the impacts of transformations on political conceptualizations of history and revolution in the above countries

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 1-11
  3. From True Democracy to Communism

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 13-26
  4. Iran as Part of Global Communism

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 61-81
  5. The Crisis of Stalinism After 1953

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 107-123
  6. French Marxism: Ideology and the Question of Power

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 125-140
  7. The New Left in Iran: A Discourse on Gun and Politics

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 141-170
  8. The Educator Must Be Educated

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 171-191
  9. From Communism to Democracy

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 193-214
  10. Toward a Communist Democracy

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 215-240
  11. Conclusion

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 241-246
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 247-269

About this book

This book reveals aspects of the rise and fall of the European and Iranian Left, their conceptualization of Marxism and ideological formations. Questions regarding the Left and Marxism within two seemingly different economic, political and intellectual and cultural contexts require comprehensive comparative histories of the two settings. This project investigates the intellectual transformations, which the European and Iranian Left have experienced after the Russian Revolution to the present. It examines the impacts of these transformations on their conceptualizations of history and revolution, domination and ideology, emancipation and universality, democracy and equality. The monograph will appeal to researchers, scholars and graduate students in the fields of political science, Middle Eastern and European studies, political history and comparative politics.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Oslo, Norway

    Yadullah Shahibzadeh

About the author

Yadullah Shahibzadeh is Author of The Iranian Political Language: From the late Nineteenth Century to the Present (2015), and Islamism and Post-Islamism in Iran: An Intellectual History (2016).  Previously, he taught at the University of Oslo, Norway.


Bibliographic Information

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eBook USD 59.99
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 79.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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