{"product_id":"mashya-and-mashyana-unearthed-myth-metonymy-and-the-unknowing-subject-9781399517942","title":"Mashya and Mashyana Unearthed: Myth, Metonymy and the Unknowing Subject","description":"\u003cp\u003eUsing Iran as an example of an ancient civilization with a sustained course of continuity all the way to the present time, this book moves towards a philosophical reflection on the relationship between what we see and feel today when engaging with art, literature and film and what we have otherwise deeply buried in the forgotten layers of our collective consciousness from time immemorial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York, where he is a founding member of its Institute for Comparative Literature and Society. He is the author of over 25 books, including \u003ci\u003eThe World of Persian Literary Humanism\u003c\/i\u003e (2014); \u003ci\u003ePersophilia: Persian Culture on the Global Scene\u003c\/i\u003e (2015); \u003ci\u003eIran without Borders: Towards a Critique of the Postcolonial Nation\u003c\/i\u003e (2016); \u003ci\u003eIran: Rebirth of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e (2017); \u003ci\u003eThe Shahnameh: The Persian Epic as World Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2019); \u003ci\u003eThe Last Muslim Intellectual: The Life and Legacy of Jalal Al-e Ahmad\u003c\/i\u003e (EUP, 2021). His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eMashya and Mashyana Unearthed: Myth, Metonymy and the Unknowing Subject\u003c\/i\u003e (EUP 2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51181940998418,"sku":"9781399517942","price":130.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6556028c-e6dc-4b8b-a113-907281584fdf.jpg?v=1744409931","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mashya-and-mashyana-unearthed-myth-metonymy-and-the-unknowing-subject-9781399517942","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}