Book contents
- Iran
- Iran
- Copyright page
- Note on the Translation
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface
- 1 Iran under the Qajars
- 2 Three Shahs, Three Wars, Three Reformers (1797–1896)
- 3 From Revolts to the Revolution (1880–1906)
- 4 The Constitutional Revolution: From Illusion to Reality (1905–08)
- 5 The Nationalists’ Bitter Victory (1908–12)
- 6 Iran in the Great War
- 7 The End of the Qajars
- 8 Rezā Khān to Rezā Shāh: Defender of the Nation
- 9 From Persia to Iran: Foreign Relations
- 10 The Democratic Awakening (1941–53)
- 11 The Last Reign of an Immortal Kingdom, Mohammad-Rezā Shāh
- 12 An Islamic Republic in Iran
- Conclusion: Lies and Truth
- Chronology
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion: Lies and Truth
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 June 2019
- Iran
- Iran
- Copyright page
- Note on the Translation
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface
- 1 Iran under the Qajars
- 2 Three Shahs, Three Wars, Three Reformers (1797–1896)
- 3 From Revolts to the Revolution (1880–1906)
- 4 The Constitutional Revolution: From Illusion to Reality (1905–08)
- 5 The Nationalists’ Bitter Victory (1908–12)
- 6 Iran in the Great War
- 7 The End of the Qajars
- 8 Rezā Khān to Rezā Shāh: Defender of the Nation
- 9 From Persia to Iran: Foreign Relations
- 10 The Democratic Awakening (1941–53)
- 11 The Last Reign of an Immortal Kingdom, Mohammad-Rezā Shāh
- 12 An Islamic Republic in Iran
- Conclusion: Lies and Truth
- Chronology
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Dichtung und Wahrheit, “poetry and truth.” Goethe clearly saw in the stories of his childhood and youth how much memory often gives way to imagination. Such is the effect of history, continuously relived and reinterpreted, even for those who have been actors or direct witnesses. Our speculative knowledge of the past, incessantly questioned, relies on documentary evidence, but the documents are not closed to a final interpretation. The main purpose is to use the documents of the past to build up an understanding of our present condition. Historical discourse “incessantly repairs the splits between the past and the present.
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- IranA Social and Political History since the Qajars, pp. 313 - 319Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019