Education, Religion, and the Discourse of Cultural Reform in Qajar Iran

by Ringer, Monica M.

• ISBN13: 9781568591315
• ISBN10: 1568591314
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Mazda Pub

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	xi
Editor's Preface	xiii
Introduction	1	(250)
Theory of Modemization---models and pitfalls	2	(3)
Crisis and Trnslation	5	(1)
Modernization in Iran	6	(9)
Genesis: The Nezam-e Jadid Under	15	(38)
`Abbas Mirza
Mohammad Shah
Students Abroad	26	(11)
Subsequent Occupation of the Students	30	(4)
Publishing	34	(3)
Opposition and the Emergence of the Modernization Dilemma	37	(7)
The Failure of the Nezam-e Jadid	44	(1)
Mohammad Shah and the Nezam-e Jadid	44	(9)
Students Abroad	47	(6)
Early Qajar Travel Literature and the Perception of ``Deficiency''	53	(14)
Mirza Saleh Shirazi	54	(4)
Mirza Mostafa Afshar	58	(5)
Conclusion	63	(4)
The Dar al Fonun, 1851-71	67	(42)
The Dar al Fonun	70	(8)
Curriculum	75	(1)
Governance	76	(2)
The First Graduating Class of 1858	78	(4)
The 1858-71 Period	82	(6)
Educational Reforms	84	(3)
The Dar al Fonun of Tabriz	87	(1)
Students Abroad	88	(6)
Opposition to the Dar al Fonun	94	(11)
Medicine at the Dar al Fonun: A Case Study in Opposition	99	(4)
In Defense of Islamic Cosmology	103	(2)
Conclusion: Educational Change 1851-1871	105	(4)
Missionary and Foreign Schools in Iran, 1830-1906	109	(36)
Early Missinary Activity, 1830-1860	110	(6)
The American Mission	110	(3)
The Bore Mission	113	(3)
Government Policy Towards Missionary Schools	116	(6)
Missionary, Foreign, and Minority Schools, 1860-1906	122	(7)
The British Church Missionary Society	126	(1)
Armenian Schools	127	(2)
The Alliance Francaise	129	(4)
The Alliance Israelite Universelle	133	(4)
Opposition	136	(1)
Conclusion: Opposition, Tolerance, Approbation	137	(8)
The ``New'' School Movement, 1870-1906	145	(42)
Naser al-Din Shah and Educational Stagnation, 1870-1896	147	(8)
The Roshdiyyeh Schools	155	(4)
The ``New'' Schools Movement	159	(19)
Schools Established by the Anjoman-e Ma`aref	163	(7)
The Madraseh-ye `Olun-e Siyasi	170	(3)
New Schools in Azarbayjan	173	(5)
Conclusion	178	(9)
The New Schools and Reform	179	(2)
Literacy and Leadership	181	(2)
The New Schools as a Threat	183	(4)
The Anjoman-e Ma`Aref	187	(20)
The Establishment of Perimeters	191	(4)
Loss of Autonomy	195	(3)
Dissolution	198	(2)
Interregnun	199	(1)
Structural Reform	200	(5)
Conclusion	205	(2)
Modernization, Cultural Integrity and the Battle for Iran, 1860-1906	207	(44)
Reform from the Center	208	(5)
Education as a Panacea	213	(8)
Mirza Malkon Khan	214	(7)
The Changing Reform Agenda--- The Indigenous Solution	221	(17)
Abu Taleb Behbehani	223	(4)
Siyahatnameh-ye Ibrahim Beg	227	(4)
`Abd al-Rahim Talebof	231	(7)
Cultural Symbolism--- Women	238	(3)
Crisis and Tradition--- The Intellectual Threat of Educational Reform	241	(5)
The Battle for Iran--- The Threat of Educational Reform to the Elites	246	(5)
Conclusion: Crisis and Translation	251	(22)
Religion, Tradition and the Ulama	264	(5)
Clarity and Concensus	269	(2)
The Legacy of Nineteenth-Century Reform	271	(2)
Bibliography	273	(30)
Index	303