Iran's Troubled Modernity

Ahmad Fardid (1910–94), the ''anti-Western'' philosopher known to many as the Iranian Heidegger, became the self-proclaimed philosophical spokesperson for the Islamic Republic, famously coining the term ''Westoxication''. Using new materials about Fardid''s intellectual biography and interviews with thirteen individuals, Ali Mirsepassi pieces together the striking story of Fardid''s life and intel...