Schayegh, Cyrus <br/><br/>
Who is knowledgeable, is strong  science, class, and the formation of modern Iranian society, 1900-1950 /  [Texte imprimé] : 
Cyrus Schayegh 
 - Berkeley :  Univerity of California Press,  cop. 2009 
 - 1 vol. (x-340 p.) ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> Index 
<br/><br/>Bibliogr. p. 295-319 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Science and the formation of the Iranian modern middle class, 1900-1950 -- The historical background -- The cultural and discursive dimensions -- The economic dimensions -- Medicalizing modernity : interactions between the biomedical sciences and modernity in Iran, 1900-1950 -- The dangers of modernity : neurology, psychiatry, and the effects of modern technology and a modern economy -- Biopower : hygiene, eugenics, genetics, and Iran's double demographic problem -- The self-reliant personality : psychology, pedagogy, and the problem of willpower -- Conclusion 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520254473 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Iran Iran Science and civilization 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>955.05