Islamism and Iran's Islamic Period Museum

The Islamic Period Museum of Iran was established, almost 16 years after theIslamic Revolution, as an addition to the previous National Museum building –the Iran Bastan, or Ancient Iran Museum – in 1996. By examining the componentsof state Islamism, the space of the museum and key exhibits, this pap...

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Main Author: Mozaffari, Ali
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2013
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Online Access:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13527258.2011.652145
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49440
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description The Islamic Period Museum of Iran was established, almost 16 years after theIslamic Revolution, as an addition to the previous National Museum building –the Iran Bastan, or Ancient Iran Museum – in 1996. By examining the componentsof state Islamism, the space of the museum and key exhibits, this paperreveals the analogous relationship between the museum and state ideology. Thatrelationship suggests that the museum embodies fundamental ambiguities andinconsistencies inherent in Iranian state Islamism. Those ambiguities and inconsistenciesare only concealed, in the museum as in the ideology, by employingtraditionalist rhetoric with regard to religion and identity.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-494402019-02-19T04:27:05Z Islamism and Iran's Islamic Period Museum Mozaffari, Ali Iran Islamic Period Museum Islamism national identity The Islamic Period Museum of Iran was established, almost 16 years after theIslamic Revolution, as an addition to the previous National Museum building –the Iran Bastan, or Ancient Iran Museum – in 1996. By examining the componentsof state Islamism, the space of the museum and key exhibits, this paperreveals the analogous relationship between the museum and state ideology. Thatrelationship suggests that the museum embodies fundamental ambiguities andinconsistencies inherent in Iranian state Islamism. Those ambiguities and inconsistenciesare only concealed, in the museum as in the ideology, by employingtraditionalist rhetoric with regard to religion and identity. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49440 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13527258.2011.652145 Routledge restricted
spellingShingle Iran
Islamic Period Museum
Islamism
national identity
Mozaffari, Ali
Islamism and Iran's Islamic Period Museum
title Islamism and Iran's Islamic Period Museum
title_full Islamism and Iran's Islamic Period Museum
title_fullStr Islamism and Iran's Islamic Period Museum
title_full_unstemmed Islamism and Iran's Islamic Period Museum
title_short Islamism and Iran's Islamic Period Museum
title_sort islamism and iran's islamic period museum
topic Iran
Islamic Period Museum
Islamism
national identity
url http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13527258.2011.652145
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49440