"anachronistic projection of modern ideas"
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2010/08/post-2.html
@liaizon This is a good lecture from the author, including the Very Angry Older Iranian archetype during the Q&A who appears at every talk on the subject. I like his book The Emergence of Iranian Nationalism, too.
@darius oh thanks! will watch