{"product_id":"9780755659012","title":"Qajari Social Contract An English translation and Persian edition of Mirza Aqa Khan Kermani's 'Takvin va Tashri'","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBritish Institute of Persian Studies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eQajari Social Contract\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn English translation and Persian edition of Mirza Aqa Khan Kermani's 'Takvin va Tashri'\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMirza Aqa Khan Kermani | Behzad Zerehdaran | Behzad Zerehdaran\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Middle East \/ Iran\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis volume presents \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe Persian edition and the first-ever English translation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003es of Mirza Aqa Khan Kermani's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTakvin va Tashri (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenesis and Canonical Lawgiving\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMirza Aqa Khan Kermani (1854-1896) was an Iranian intellectual, philosopher and secular nationalist whose iconoclastic ideas about modernisation and opposition to the Qajar monarchy would be taken up during the Constitutional Revolution and by later thinkers such as Ahmad Kasravi. In this book, Kermani argues for an evolutionary understanding of the origins and roles of societal institutions and divine ideas, presenting the concept of God as a psychological projection. With a critical commentary that places Kermani's ideas in the context of Qajar-era Iran, this important primary source will be of value to scholars and students of Iranian intellectual history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMirza Aqa Khan Kermani \u003c\/b\u003e(1854-1896) was an Iranian philosopher and intellectual. Born to a prosperous family in Kerman, Iran, Kermani spent the majority of his career in Istanbul where he became a prominent opponent of the Qajar monarchy. Influenced by Western science and thought and Islamic reform, he wrote numerous articles, political pamphlets, poems and philosophical and theological treatises before his execution by the Persian state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBehzad Zerehdaran\u003c\/b\u003e is a research fellow at Philipps University of Marburg, Germany. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePolitics and Poetica of Rights in Modern Iran\u003c\/i\u003e (2024). He holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne, Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780755659012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55335408009356,"sku":"9780755659012","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_7fa67ead-0d27-43a1-a2d3-91717eb7f287.jpg?v=1788029879","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780755659012","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}