Book Review

Fifty Years in the East : The Memoirs of Wladimir Ivanow, edited with annotations by Farhad Daftary

Volume: 6 Number: 1 February 20, 2016
  • Amanda Propst
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Fifty Years in the East : The Memoirs of Wladimir Ivanow, edited with annotations by Farhad Daftary

Abstract

First paragraph: Even when considering a sub-discipline that traces its substantive origin to a time as recent as the 20th century, it is easy for the scholar and student – much less the casual reader – to take Ismāʿīlism as an outgrowth of disembodied, medieval manuscripts. With indispensable texts such as Farhad Daftary’s on Ismāʿīlī history and doctrines, the reader is confronted with reliable, well-sourced information; less apparent is the considerable physical, political, and interpersonal effort spent in collecting manuscripts, the contemporary ethnographic significance of investigating a marginalized Shīʿī sect further split into smaller groups, and the role of broader political forces in the focused life of a scholar. Daftary’s introduction to Wladimir Ivanow’s memoirs Fifty Years in the East lays out the seminal role in the development of Ismāʿīlī studies that Ivanow played, but Ivanow’s memoir itself should not be relegated to another title in the Ismāʿīlī bibliography.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Religious Studies

Journal Section

Book Review

Authors

Amanda Propst This is me
United States

Publication Date

February 20, 2016

Submission Date

July 13, 2015

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2015 Volume: 6 Number: 1

APA
Propst, A. (2016). Fifty Years in the East : The Memoirs of Wladimir Ivanow, edited with annotations by Farhad Daftary. Ilahiyat Studies, 6(1), 140-142. https://doi.org/10.12730/13091719.2015.61.129
AMA
1.Propst A. Fifty Years in the East : The Memoirs of Wladimir Ivanow, edited with annotations by Farhad Daftary. IS. 2016;6(1):140-142. doi:10.12730/13091719.2015.61.129
Chicago
Propst, Amanda. 2016. “Fifty Years in the East : The Memoirs of Wladimir Ivanow, Edited With Annotations by Farhad Daftary”. Ilahiyat Studies 6 (1): 140-42. https://doi.org/10.12730/13091719.2015.61.129.
EndNote
Propst A (February 1, 2016) Fifty Years in the East : The Memoirs of Wladimir Ivanow, edited with annotations by Farhad Daftary. Ilahiyat Studies 6 1 140–142.
IEEE
[1]A. Propst, “Fifty Years in the East : The Memoirs of Wladimir Ivanow, edited with annotations by Farhad Daftary”, IS, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 140–142, Feb. 2016, doi: 10.12730/13091719.2015.61.129.
ISNAD
Propst, Amanda. “Fifty Years in the East : The Memoirs of Wladimir Ivanow, Edited With Annotations by Farhad Daftary”. Ilahiyat Studies 6/1 (February 1, 2016): 140-142. https://doi.org/10.12730/13091719.2015.61.129.
JAMA
1.Propst A. Fifty Years in the East : The Memoirs of Wladimir Ivanow, edited with annotations by Farhad Daftary. IS. 2016;6:140–142.
MLA
Propst, Amanda. “Fifty Years in the East : The Memoirs of Wladimir Ivanow, Edited With Annotations by Farhad Daftary”. Ilahiyat Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, Feb. 2016, pp. 140-2, doi:10.12730/13091719.2015.61.129.
Vancouver
1.Amanda Propst. Fifty Years in the East : The Memoirs of Wladimir Ivanow, edited with annotations by Farhad Daftary. IS. 2016 Feb. 1;6(1):140-2. doi:10.12730/13091719.2015.61.129
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