ali ahmadi; Mojtaba Sedaghati Fard; Yaaghoub Sharbatian
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The main purpose of this research is to compare the role and strategies of intellectuals before and after the Islamic Revolution in the political development of Iran, and in this regard, the role of intellectuals of four different generations, the first, second, third, and fourth, has been investigated. ...
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The main purpose of this research is to compare the role and strategies of intellectuals before and after the Islamic Revolution in the political development of Iran, and in this regard, the role of intellectuals of four different generations, the first, second, third, and fourth, has been investigated. The research method is qualitative and with a content analysis approach, using library tools and articles in which intellectuals of the first to fourth generation of contemporary Iran have discussed and researched, and the researcher used the inductive approach and triple coding to extract and analysis of related and required content. findings and results of the research show that intellectuals have different roles and strategies during the contemporary era, including secularism in the eyes of the intellectuals of the constitutional era, industrialization in the eyes of the intellectuals of the first Pahlavi era, progress in science and technology in the eyes of the second Pahlavi intellectuals, and Dependence on Western countries among the intellectuals after the Islamic Revolution.
mohammad heydarpourklidsar; Mansoor Vossoughi; Baghar saroukhani; mostefa azkia
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This research aims to answer this basic question that what was the most important cultural barrier in second Pahlavi era that impeded the Iran society in reaching political development? Also what were second Pahlavi´s main actions in depriving Iran society from achieving political development? ...
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This research aims to answer this basic question that what was the most important cultural barrier in second Pahlavi era that impeded the Iran society in reaching political development? Also what were second Pahlavi´s main actions in depriving Iran society from achieving political development? This article inspired by Weber´s approach in importance of culture and also by Engelhardt´s revised renewal approach by using historical and documentary research methods. To do this research, we have referred actual and virtual libraries and we have done analytical inspection and taking notes from books and original documents related to the subject of this research and conducting analysis accompanied with Meta-analysis. Findings showed that dictatorship and authoritarian culture governing over society and political system and autocratic and dictatorship management of Mohammad Reza Shah toward different institutions in society, suppression of civil society, sever censorship over publishing books and newspapers, dissolution of independent cultural and social associations and critical political parties which dependent on new middle class, and also interrupting free dynamic, critical intellectual flow, were among the most important cultural barrier of political development and failure of Iran´s society in reaching political development in second Pahlavi’s era.
mohammad heydarpourklidsar; Mansoor Vossoughi; baghar saroukhani; mostefa azkia
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This study with the title of “analysis of cultural barriers for political development of Iran: Second Pahlavi era” aims to respond to this important question that what are the most significant cultural barriers of Second Pahlavi era that impede Iran’s society in pursuit of reaching ...
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This study with the title of “analysis of cultural barriers for political development of Iran: Second Pahlavi era” aims to respond to this important question that what are the most significant cultural barriers of Second Pahlavi era that impede Iran’s society in pursuit of reaching political development? Hence in order to gather relevant data and analyze historical evidences, historical and Analytical study methods were undertaken, by referring to actual and virtual libraries accompanied with scrutinizing valid documents, books and other relevant references. The findings of this study indicate that the governing dictatorship culture across the society and kingdom structure, absence of scientific and logical mentality, lack of questioning and criticizing attitude in society, weakness of civil society, strong presence of superstitious and traditional believes in context of society, dearth of affability and tolerance culture, lack of an original national liberal intellectual movement and authoritarianism management of Mohammad Reza Shah over various organizations and repressing civil society, political parties and critic sociological constitutions dependent to middle age traditional and contemporary class, closing critical journals and imposing heavy censorship on journals and other mass media beside suppressing dynamic intellectual movements, inhibit Iran’s society in reaching political development during Second Pahlavi era.
