Occidentosis: A Plague from the West
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Occidentosis: A Plague from the West is a seminal 1962 Iranian philosophical and political essay that critiques Western cultural and economic domination and its corrosive effects on non-Western societies, especially Iran.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical essay ⓘ |
| addresses |
rural-urban divide in Iran
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traditionalism and modernity ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
Third Worldism
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anti-imperialism ⓘ |
| author | Jalal Al-e Ahmad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| comparesWesternInfluenceTo | plague ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Westernization
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cultural dependency ⓘ industrial capitalism ⓘ technological dependency ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Iranian society
NERFINISHED
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non-Western societies ⓘ |
| genre |
anti-colonial literature
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political philosophy ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Occidentosis: A Plague from the West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Cold War
NERFINISHED
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post-World War II modernization ⓘ |
| influenced |
Iranian intellectual discourse
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Islamic Revolution-era thought ⓘ postcolonial theory in Iran ⓘ |
| keyConcept | occidentosis ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Western cultural domination
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Western economic domination ⓘ cultural imperialism ⓘ dependency theory ⓘ modernization in Iran ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of Western technology transfer
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impact on Iranian nationalism ⓘ metaphor of disease for Western influence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Persian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Gharbzadegi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Pahlavi era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposes |
economic self-reliance
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return to indigenous values ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| subjectOfStudy |
Iranian studies
NERFINISHED
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Middle Eastern political thought ⓘ postcolonial studies ⓘ |
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