Jalal Al-e-Ahmad
Seyyed Jalāl Āl-e-Ahmad (Persian: جلال آلاحمد; December 2, 1923 – September 9, 1969) was a prominent Iranian novelist, short-story writer, translator, philosopher,[1] socio-political critic, sociologist,[2] as well as an anthropologist who was “one of the earliest and most prominent of contemporary Iranian ethnographers“.[3] He popularized the term gharbzadegi – variously translated in English as “westernstruck”, “westoxification”, and “Occidentosis” –,[4] producing a holistic ideological critique of the West “which combined strong themes of Frantz Fanon and Marx… more
Jalal Al Ahmad, Son of a Shi’ite clergyman, was born in 1923 in Tehran. His early education consisted of the normal Iranian curriculum in the 1930s as well as study of the French and English. In 1946 he graduated from Teachers College and became a teacher, at the same time making a sharp break with his religious family. He pursued academic studies at Tehran University and received an MA in Persian literature…. more
This was a deliberately provocative title, intended to draw attention to the work. But it also relies on an argument embedded throughout the volume – one that turns the writing of an intellectual biography into a potent claim on the future of Muslim critical thinking…. more
English Translation of some of Jalal Ale Ahmad Works…more
On October 19th, 2016, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, posted an image on Instagram that depicts Uncle Sam standing in front of what appears to be a club-like entrance blocked off by red rope with “globalization” scrawled across a sign overhead. The caricature looks harmless enough, until the viewer notices the signs by the door banning the atomic symbol as well as a stylized version of “Allah,”… more