Narrative and Violence: Ways of Suffering Amongst Iranian Men in Diaspora

ISBN-13: 9780367478780 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 150 str.

Mammad Aidani

Opis

Based on rich empirical information drawn from the UK and Australia, Narrative and Violence investigates ways in which the lives of Iranians living in the Diaspora are affected by the understanding of Iran in terms of abjection, as that which is beyond or outside of The West. Exploring the emotions and feelings of pain and suffering, as they are rooted in and shape various categories of experience, propounds a view of suffering which is thoroughly grounded in culture, history and politics.

Recenzje

’Mammad Aidani offers us a rare insight into Iranian identity and the interplay of forces which shape longing, belonging and being somebody in the world. The voices of men living in the diaspora allow reflection on the unreflected  through a fine historical, political and philosophical analysis. This is a major contribution to understanding personal and collective suffering and its causes.’ Ida Kaplan, Foundation House, Australia ’A brave and significant work, offering an alternative way of understanding trauma and suffering and important understandings of political, historical and cultural contexts of suffering of the many who live their lives in a dislocated world. This is essential reading for anyone engaged in the challenges of working with traumatized individuals and or researching this field of scholarship.’ Sandra Gifford, Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Australia 'This short book tracks many of the same themes as do contemporary anthropologists working on violence, suffering, and everyday life. Some will find an easy home for this book as secondary material in anthropology courses on violence, trauma, or migration and exile; others interested in the Iranian diaspora will find it to be well written and intellectually stimulating.' Journal of The Royal Anthropological Institute

Spis treści

1. Social Suffering, Identity and Dislocation 2. Labelling Iranians both Inside the Country and in Diaspora 3. Social Dimensions of Suffering: An Interpretation of the 1979 Revolution 4. The Body Always Remembers – Reflections of Pain: The Iran–Iraq War 5. Conclusion References

O autorze

Mammad Aidani is an interdisciplinary scholar specialising in phenomenological hermeneutics philosophy, cultural theory and narrative psychology based in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia.