Politics and Poetica of Rights in Modern Iran

ISBN-13: 9781032575643 / Twarda / 2024 / 248 str.

Germany) Zerehdaran Behzad (Philipps University of Marburg

Opis

This book delves into the history of subjective rights within the context of 19th-century Iran, specifically during the eventful Qajar era. The crux of its research lies in the emergence and evolution of the concept of subjective rights as opposed to the notion of objective rights.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. A Meta-Theoretical Framework for Rights  3. Rights in Travelogues  4. Divine Interpretations of Rights in the Literature of Enlightenment  5. Secular Interpretations of Rights in the Literature of Enlightenment  6. Rights in Dream Literature.  Conclusion

O autorze

Behzad Zerehdaran is currently a research fellow at the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the Philipps University of Marburg. He completed his Ph.D. at the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia.