Studies on the Iranian World French "An indispensable survival guide for

"An indispensable survival guide for any modern consumer

Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School and former Managing Director

Mankind emerges from Pascal's analysis as a wretched and desolate creature within an impersonal universe

The Lord of Shadows has raised an army powerful enough to challenge the orishas

Studies on the Iranian World French "An indispensable survival guide forToday, the Iranian world, which encompasses the whole Persian speaking and culturally "Persianate" region, including Afghanistan, Kurdistan, Tajikistan, parts of Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent, is a geopolitically sensitive region. But it is also a distinct cultural area with a rich and complex history, a mosaic of ethnic and religious groups, ancient languages and dialects, and sophisticated literatures. The essays in this volume address a