{"id":315,"count":1,"description":"Distinguished historian Afshin Matin-Asgari specializes in 20th-century Middle East, modern Iran, and modern Islamic political and intellectual movements.\r\nDr. Matin-Asgari was born in Tehran, Iran, and moved to the U.S. after high school.\r\nIn 1993, Matin-Asgari received a doctoral degree in Middle East history from UCLA. His dissertation was published in 2001 as the book, Iranian Student Opposition to the Shah. At Cal State LA, he teaches courses in Middle East history, world history, Islam, and comparative religion. Matin-Asgari has published 20 articles and book chapters.\r\n\r\nAbstract<\/strong>\r\nIn Search of <\/span><\/span>Modern <\/span><\/span>Iran\u2019s Liberal <\/span><\/span>Statesmen\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\r\nWithin <\/span>the<\/span> broad conference topic of \u201cIranian Intellectuals between Statesmanship and Dissent,\u201d <\/span>he<\/span> propose<\/span>s<\/span> to probe the question of why modern Iran\u2019s liberal tradition has been so weak that practically, i.e. in terms of significant presence in the political arena, it is almost non-existent. More specifically, <\/span>he <\/span>develop<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>his<\/span> argument in response to a recent scholarly trend that finds real or closet liberals in high-ranking Pahlavi era statesmen, going back to <\/span>Taqizadeh<\/span> and <\/span>Forughi<\/span> and continuing with <\/span>Shadman<\/span> and <\/span>Hoveyda<\/span>. <\/span>His<\/span> argument is twofold: First, <\/span>he<\/span> suggest<\/span>s<\/span> that this revisionist trend erroneously conflates liberal ideals with liberal political practice. Second, <\/span>he<\/span> tr<\/span>ies<\/span> to show that even in terms of their intellectual makeup, men like <\/span>Taqizadeh<\/span>, <\/span>Forughi<\/span>, <\/span>Shadman<\/span> and <\/span>Hoveyda<\/span> hardly fit the liberal mold. <\/span>He<\/span> would also note that, with serious qualifications, Mosaddeq\u2019s political career makes him the closest thing to Iran\u2019s archetypical liberal statesman. Ironically, recent revisionist interest in Iranian liberalism tends to bypass Mosaddeq, finding instead its liberal icons in men like <\/span>Forughi<\/span>, <\/span>Taqizadeh<\/span> and <\/span>Shadman<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>","link":"https:\/\/tirgan.ca\/tirgan2019\/artist-guest\/afshin-matin-asgari\/","name":"Afshin Matin-Asgari","slug":"afshin-matin-asgari","taxonomy":"artist-guest","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAfshin Matin-Asgari Archives - Tirgan Festival 2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tirgan.ca\/tirgan2019\/artist-guest\/afshin-matin-asgari\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Afshin Matin-Asgari Archives - Tirgan Festival 2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Distinguished historian Afshin Matin-Asgari specializes in 20th-century Middle East, modern Iran, and modern Islamic political and intellectual movements. Dr. Matin-Asgari was born in Tehran, Iran, and moved to the U.S. after high school. In 1993, Matin-Asgari received a doctoral degree in Middle East history from UCLA. His dissertation was published in 2001 as the book, Iranian Student Opposition to the Shah. At Cal State LA, he teaches courses in Middle East history, world history, Islam, and comparative religion. Matin-Asgari has published 20 articles and book chapters. Abstract In Search of Modern Iran\u2019s Liberal Statesmen\u00a0 Within the broad conference topic of \u201cIranian Intellectuals between Statesmanship and Dissent,\u201d he proposes to probe the question of why modern Iran\u2019s liberal tradition has been so weak that practically, i.e. in terms of significant presence in the political arena, it is almost non-existent. More specifically, he develops\u00a0his argument in response to a recent scholarly trend that finds real or closet liberals in high-ranking Pahlavi era statesmen, going back to Taqizadeh and Forughi and continuing with Shadman and Hoveyda. His argument is twofold: First, he suggests that this revisionist trend erroneously conflates liberal ideals with liberal political practice. Second, he tries to show that even in terms of their intellectual makeup, men like Taqizadeh, Forughi, Shadman and Hoveyda hardly fit the liberal mold. He would also note that, with serious qualifications, Mosaddeq\u2019s political career makes him the closest thing to Iran\u2019s archetypical liberal statesman. 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