神话共和国：国家叙事与美伊冲突[有声读物]

为什么美国和伊朗之间的裂痕持续存在？伊朗和美国40年来一直不和，陷入了一场全面的冷战。在《神话共和国》中，侯赛因·巴奈、马尔科姆·伯恩和约翰·蒂尔曼认为，造成这种顽固敌意的一个主要因素是每个国家如何看待自己。他们经常发生的致命对峙源自截然不同的国家叙事，这些叙事塑造了他们的政治、行动和对自己在世界上命运的看法。
美国主导的叙事是关于边境的神话，即美国可以驯服它，驯服它的居民，并培养民主。相反，伊朗可以宣称存在两个主要的神话：第一个是一个完整的（但并非因为缺乏尝试）追溯到塞勒斯大帝的世系，第二个是背叛先知的孙子伊玛目·侯赛因。从推翻伊朗合法总理穆罕默德·穆萨迪克的政变到人质危机、两伊战争、1996年霍巴尔塔爆炸案、9·11后的对抗，每一个事件都重新说明了历史叙事对当前形势的重要性。神话共和国对理解这场至关重要的冲突做出了重大贡献。
Republics of Myth: National Narratives and the US-Iran Conflict [Audiobook]
Why does the rift between the US and Iran persist? Iran and the United States have been at odds for forty years, locked in a cold war that has run the gamut. In Republics of Myth, Hussein Banai, Malcolm Byrne, and John Tirman argue that a major contributing factor to this tenacious enmity is how each nation views itself. Their often-deadly confrontation derives from the very different national narratives that shape their politics, actions, and vision of their own destiny in the world.
The dominant American narrative is the myth of the frontier—that the US can tame it, tame its inhabitants, and nurture democracy as well. Iran, conversely, can claim two dominant myths: the first, an unbroken (but not for lack of trying) lineage back to Cyrus the Great, and the second, the betrayal of Imam Hussein, the Prophet’s grandson. From the coup d’etat that overthrew Iran’s legitimate premier Mohammad Mosaddeq to the hostage crisis, the Iran-Iraq War, the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing, post-9/11 antagonisms, each episode illustrates anew the weight of historical narratives on present circumstances. Republics of Myth makes a major contribution to understanding this vital conflict.

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