National identification during Reza Shah Era: styles and Methods
Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research
Amin
Deilami Moezzi
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(عضو هیأت علمی
دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی تنکابن)
Keywords: Identity Crisis, Elitism, Influence Crisis, inclined to imitation,
Abstract :
One of the special functioning rotes of the first pahlavi’s government as a modern absolute one was to ascertain the national the identity of people . But Reza Shah managed the social modern ascertainment in such a way that his other priorities suchas government appointment and his situation not to be in opposition . This project was carried on by means of a series of tools and methods. Of such instruments one con point out as the following : centrism through suppressing the autonomous forces (tribes and clans, and independence seeking provinces), country name changing, that is to say from Persia to Iran’, Arabic Turkish month name changing to Persian , and so changing lunar year to solarone, intellect training organization , high council of culture and radio, and mass media . education, four preparations , modern Justice system, and propagandizing was use of the methods, as well, which were , from his point of view, necessary in getting to modern Iran. In fact, in governing the country, he interfered the subjects’ lives and so he carried on his project of socializing the people , and resolved it as one of necessary materials of the modern government