Book contents
- Iran’s Troubled Modernity
- The Global Middle East
- Iran’s Troubled Modernity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Note on Transliteration
- Acknowledgments
- Part One Ahmad Fardid and His Legacy
- Part Two Fardid’s Life
- Part Three Conversations on Fardid’s Life and Thought
- 2 For Fardid, Corbin Was Worthless, but, the Shah Was Great
- 3 Fardid Was Not Very Religious
- 4 Fardid Was at the Center of Fardiddiyeh (Fardid and Fardiddiyeh)
- 5 Fardid, Whom I Came to Know
- 6 Fardid Was “Dante’s Inferno”
- 7 Fardid’s Thought was Post-Modern
- 8 Fardid Misunderstood Heidegger
- 9 I Admired His Anti-Capitalism and His Anti-Americanism
- 10 Fardid’s Philosophy Was Not Political
- 11 Fardid Pioneered Post-Bergson Philosophy in Iran
- 12 Philosophers Need Power
- 13 Fardid Was a Great Man, with Many Failings
- 14 I Was Not Impressed by Fardid
- Brief Biographies
- Glossary of Names, Terms, and Events
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - Fardid, Whom I Came to Know
from Part Three - Conversations on Fardid’s Life and Thought
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 December 2018
Book contents
- Iran’s Troubled Modernity
- The Global Middle East
- Iran’s Troubled Modernity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Note on Transliteration
- Acknowledgments
- Part One Ahmad Fardid and His Legacy
- Part Two Fardid’s Life
- Part Three Conversations on Fardid’s Life and Thought
- 2 For Fardid, Corbin Was Worthless, but, the Shah Was Great
- 3 Fardid Was Not Very Religious
- 4 Fardid Was at the Center of Fardiddiyeh (Fardid and Fardiddiyeh)
- 5 Fardid, Whom I Came to Know
- 6 Fardid Was “Dante’s Inferno”
- 7 Fardid’s Thought was Post-Modern
- 8 Fardid Misunderstood Heidegger
- 9 I Admired His Anti-Capitalism and His Anti-Americanism
- 10 Fardid’s Philosophy Was Not Political
- 11 Fardid Pioneered Post-Bergson Philosophy in Iran
- 12 Philosophers Need Power
- 13 Fardid Was a Great Man, with Many Failings
- 14 I Was Not Impressed by Fardid
- Brief Biographies
- Glossary of Names, Terms, and Events
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Iran's Troubled ModernityDebating Ahmad Fardid's Legacy, pp. 114 - 141Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018