The Role of Azerbaijan Intellectual Pioneers in the Reproduction of the Modern Nationalism Idea in Iran

Subject Areas : Political and International Researches Quarterly

ali  shokri ¹ (PhD Student in Political Science, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran)
Ali  Shiari ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran. Corresponding Author)
mohammad  usefijoybari ³ (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relationship, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran)

Received: 2021-07-02 Accepted : 2021-07-02 Published : 2021-08-23

Keywords: Iran, Azerbaijan, Taghizadeh, Modern Nationalism, Akhondzadeh, Talbof, Musta‌sharadoleh,

Abstract :

The intellectual pioneers are those Azerbaijani thinkers who had important role in the formation of the intellectual structure of public nationalism and Iranian identity, and in this regard, they have been against the traditional and authoritarian system and its army forces and they called for the rule of law. regarding the hypothesis that how is the role of Azerbaijan in the development and evolution of nationalism in Iran, these ideas and thoughts originated in Azerbaijan, but it did not have a local view, on the contrary, there was willing to have a country called Iran with these characteristics. Iranian nationalism, regardless of its use of Iran's pre-modern past, is modern and is the inevitable twin of Iranian modernity and is the initial stages of Iranians' acquaintance with the modern world. The purpose of this article is to point out the direct and sometimes indirect positive role and influence of Azerbaijan on the modernizing process of Iranian nationalism. In this article, we will review the opinions and thoughts of great thinkers such as Akhondzadeh, Mustasharadoleh Tabrizi, Talbof and Taghizadeh.