Beyond the colonial gaze Rethinking Iran on its own terms
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Beyond the colonial gaze: Rethinking Iran on its own terms
MADRID – The concept of a colonial toolbox remains a potent but often under-examined framework for understanding contemporary international discourse. It does not refer to a physical object, but to the enduring repertoire of practices, epistemologies, and governmental rationalities developed by imperial centers to categorize, manage, and ultimately subordinate colonized populations.
