The Global Middle East - Series page

pp ii-ii

Iran’s Troubled Modernity - Title page

pp iii-iii

Copyright page

pp iv-iv

Contents

pp v-vi

Note on Transliteration

pp vii-vii

Acknowledgments

pp viii-x

Part One - Ahmad Fardid and His Legacy

pp 1-18

Introduction

pp 3-18

Part Two - Fardid’s Life

pp 19-52

1 - The Man and His Life

pp 21-52

Part Three - Conversations on Fardid’s Life and Thought

pp 53-324

2 - For Fardid, Corbin Was Worthless, but, the Shah Was Great

pp 55-72

3 - Fardid Was Not Very Religious

pp 73-97

4 - Fardid Was at the Center of Fardiddiyeh (Fardid and Fardiddiyeh)

pp 98-113

5 - Fardid, Whom I Came to Know

pp 114-141

6 - Fardid Was “Dante’s Inferno”

pp 142-157

7 - Fardid’s Thought was Post-Modern

pp 158-195

8 - Fardid Misunderstood Heidegger

pp 196-215

9 - I Admired His Anti-Capitalism and His Anti-Americanism

pp 216-241

10 - Fardid’s Philosophy Was Not Political

pp 242-264

11 - Fardid Pioneered Post-Bergson Philosophy in Iran

pp 265-271

12 - Philosophers Need Power

pp 272-283

13 - Fardid Was a Great Man, with Many Failings

pp 284-303

14 - I Was Not Impressed by Fardid

pp 304-324

Brief Biographies

pp 325-327

Glossary of Names, Terms, and Events

pp 328-351

Bibliography

pp 352-360

Index

pp 361-372