Jalal Al-e Ahmad
Born in 1923, Jalal Al-e Ahmad was a prolific writer, some of whose works including his most popular anti-government polemic essay, Gharbzadegi [Weststruckness, Mazda Publishers, 1983], his most popular novel Modir-e Madreseh [The School Principal], and perhaps his best novel, Nun Valqalam [By the Pen] have appeared in English translation. He died of a heart attack at the age of 46 in 1969.
Acknowledgments
Translators’ Introduction
By Way of Introduction
Foreword
CHAPTER 1. The Outline of a Disease
CHAPTER 2. The First Roots of the Sickness
CHAPTER 3. The Original Source of the Decay
CHAPTER 4. The First Signs of Decay
CHAPTER 5. Miscellaneous Conflicts
CHAPTER 6. Breaking the Talisman’s Spell
CHAPTER 7. A Donkey in a Lion’s Suit, or a Lion on a Flag?
CHAPTER 8. A Society in Disorder
CHAPTER 9. What are our Schools and Universities Doing?
CHAPTER 10. A Bit About Machinestruckness.
CHAPTER 11. The Hour of Judgement Approaches.
About the Translators.