Overview
- Offers an engaging biography of Taghi Erani, drawing upon newly available archival documents
- Sheds light on the rise and rule of Reza Shah and the tumultuous interwar years in Iran
- Appeals to scholars and students interested in Iranian history, the history of science, and the Weimar Republic
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“This is an important and timely book on a neglected figure. It sheds much light on Taghi Erani and his circle, and also on the wider intellectual and political history of modern Iran.” (Stephanie Cronin, Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Research Fellow, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, UK)
“This book tells a fascinating story of an aspiring Persian scientist who, unintentionally, became a German ‘orientalist,’ and subsequently a psychological autodidact, philosopher of science, and leftwing political activist. Drawing on sources in many languages, this transnational study offers unusual insight into the simultaneously exhilarating and treacherous worlds inhabited by non-western intellectuals in the twentieth century’s first half.” (Suzanne Marchand, Boyd Professor of History, Louisiana State University, USA)
“The fruit of many years oflabor, this book elucidates the complications and politics of Iranian history through the lens of Erani’s spectacular life.” (Colin Atkinson FRS, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Imperial College London, UK)
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Book Title: Taghi Erani, a Polymath in Interwar Berlin
Book Subtitle: Fundamental Science, Psychology, Orientalism, and Political Philosophy
Authors: Younes Jalali
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97837-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-97836-9Published: 30 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07414-2Published: 28 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-97837-6Published: 28 August 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 301
Topics: History of the Middle East, History of Germany and Central Europe, Intellectual Studies