Publishing and the State

Print Culture, Censorship and Authoritarianism in Iran, 1950-2020

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ID6444197
AuthorsLaetitia Nanquette (0000-0003-4770-7962, UNSW Sydney, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume104
Issue1-2
Pages72-99
Publication date2025-05-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueOriente Moderno (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-5472 • E-ISSN: 2213-8617
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/22138617-12340341
OpenAlexW4411110354
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

In this article, I analyse the role of the state in the publishing industry in Iran over the past 70 years, spanning two political regimes, to highlight the centrality of publishing in understanding the functioning of culture in Iranian society and politics. There is a continuity in Iran’s political functioning, despite the differences between the Pahlavi monarchy and the Islamic Republic: in both cases, these are largely authoritarian regimes, which are also heavily invested in cultural matters, including in publishing. What is the role of the state in the Iranian publishing industry from the 1950s to the present and how does this role evolve as the industry itself changes? How are these evolutions entangled

Art · Authoritarianism · Censorship · Democracy · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Publishing · Sociology · State (computer science · Computer Science · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

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