Sociological analysis of thoughts of political, social and cultural elites of Iran From tradition to modernity in the Qajar period As Narrated in Travel Memoirs of Foreigners

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

kamran hadadi ¹ , mostafa azkia ² , mansour vosooghi ³

1 - Phd Student of Cultural Sociology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran,Iran
2 - Professore Of Sociology, , Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran,Iran (Corresponding author).
3 - Professore Of Sociology, , Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran,Iran

Received: 2019-07-30 Accepted : 2020-09-18 Published : 2020-02-20

Keywords: progress, tradition, Colonialism, modernity, political and cultural elite,

Abstract :

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to achieve some of the hidden angles of contemporary Iranian history during the Qajar period, based on the reports that have been given in travel memoirs of foreigners. This article is based on the method of qualitative text analysis and it attempts to review the texts of foreign travel memoirs and extract data, concepts, topics, and ideas for interpreting the events of this period. According to the findings of this paper, Qajar elites were those who tried to make changes in the country's progress, but failed because of the government's ineffectiveness or the influence of the state or foreign intervention. In addition to what is seen in this text, The political, social, and cultural elites of the Qajar era never had a true and true picture of progress in the West and its foundations Key words: tradition, modernity, change, political and cultural elite, progress, west, colonialism.