State of Mind, State of Order

Reactions to Ethnic Unrest in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Bibliographic Data

ID12712456
AuthorsRasmus Christian Elling, Rasmus Elling (0000-0003-0824-6884, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume8
Issue3
Pages481-501
Publication date2008-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1473-8481 • E-ISSN: 1754-9469
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1754-9469.2008.00028.x
OpenAlexW1974522749
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited6

By analysing the symbols and language employed in official statements on two cases of ethnic minority unrest in Iran in 2005–6, the article shows how the Islamic Republic's ideologues and leaders are responding to threats against national security and to alternative definitions of identity. In this emerging discourse, religious and secular notions of patriotism and loyalty are interwoven and an Islamist/nationalist conceptualisation of Iranian nationhood is defended. This interesting process of paradoxical dynamics is an important part of the ongoing struggle to define the identity of Iran in a region boiling with political and cultural conflicts

Ethnic group · Identity (music · Ideology · Islam · Loyalty · National identity · Nationalism · Order (exchange · Patriotism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Unrest · Gender Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Religion and Society Interactions · Turkey's Politics and Society

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