The role of the Academy of Arts and its graduates in the constitutional movement

Subject Areas : Journal of History (Tarikh)

fahimeh abdali barand ¹ , Masomeh Gharadaghi ² , Maqsood Ali Sadeghi Gandmani ³ , davod esfahanian ⁴

1 - Department of History, Shabestar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar, Iran
2 - Department of History, Shabestar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar, Iran
3 - Department of History, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Tehran, Iran
4 - Department of History, Shabestar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar, Iran

Received: 2021-07-24 Accepted : 2021-06-29 Published : 2021-08-23

Keywords: constitutional revolution, Academy of Arts, Alumni, Thought and Thought, Governmentalists,

Abstract :

With the establishment of the Academy of Arts and the admission of the first volunteers to study, who were mainly the children of powerful and influential families in the society of Iran at that time, the wheel of education was turned at high levels. Dar al-Fonun became a major event in Iran's higher education system, and although most of its disciplines were related to natural sciences, medicine, and the military, it cannot be denied that many of its graduates in later years were able to become influential figures in the country's political and social space. The main question of this research is what effect did the thoughts and ideas of the graduates of Tehran Academy of Arts have on the Constitutional Revolution? The main hypothesis of the research is that the graduates of Dar al-Fonun became a generation of ruling critics and opposed to extremist religious prejudices, ignorance and cultural and social backwardness. They supported the constitution. In addition to studying the courses, the students of Dar-ol-Fonun were acquainted with the political situation of the country, nationalist ideas and intellectual thoughts. Some gradually became a generation of critics of the ruling class and struggled with cultural and social backwardness. In this research, an attempt will be made to study the influence of the thoughts and ideas of the graduates of Tehran Academy of Arts in the constitutional movement in a library manner and in the form of a descriptive-analytical approach.