State of mind, state of order: Reactions to ethnic unrest in the Islamic Republic of Iran
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State of mind, state of order : Reactions to ethnic unrest in the Islamic Republic of Iran. / Elling, Rasmus Christian.
I: Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Bind 8, Nr. 3, 23.12.2008, s. 481-501.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - State of mind, state of order
T2 - Reactions to ethnic unrest in the Islamic Republic of Iran
AU - Elling, Rasmus Christian
PY - 2008/12/23
Y1 - 2008/12/23
N2 - By analysing the symbols and language employed in official statements on two cases of ethnic minority unrest in Iran in 2005–6, the article shows how the Islamic Republic’s ideologues and leaders are responding to threats against national security and to alternative definitions of identity. In this emerging discourse, religious and secular notions of patriotism and loyalty are interwoven and an Islamist/nationalist conceptualisation of Iranian nationhood is defended. This interesting process of paradoxical dynamics is an important part of the ongoing struggle to define the identity of Iran in a region boiling with political and cultural conflicts.
AB - By analysing the symbols and language employed in official statements on two cases of ethnic minority unrest in Iran in 2005–6, the article shows how the Islamic Republic’s ideologues and leaders are responding to threats against national security and to alternative definitions of identity. In this emerging discourse, religious and secular notions of patriotism and loyalty are interwoven and an Islamist/nationalist conceptualisation of Iranian nationhood is defended. This interesting process of paradoxical dynamics is an important part of the ongoing struggle to define the identity of Iran in a region boiling with political and cultural conflicts.
M3 - Journal article
VL - 8
SP - 481
EP - 501
JO - Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism
JF - Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism
SN - 1473-8481
IS - 3
ER -
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