The Idea of Modernization in the Context of Modern State and Revolutionary Movement in Contemporary Iran
Subject Areas : Political Developments in Iransaeed hajinaseri 1 , sadegh zafari hatam khani 2
1 - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law & Political Science, University of
Tehran, Iran
2 - PhD in Political Sociology, University of Tehran, Iran; Tehran
Keywords: Capitalism, Modernization, Revolution, Islamic Revolution, Modern State,
Abstract :
The main idea of this paper is to investigate the relationship of conflicting forces, each of which has looked at modernization differently. During the first and second Pahlavi periods, the idea of modernization was interpreted by the sovereignty as establishing a modern state and defining new tasks and structures for the state. Interpreting modernization as such, in the years leading to the revolution by the Pahlavi, intellectuals criticized this approach. They were looking for a different form of state contrary to Pahlavi's state. Thus, the question is, what type of state were they looking for? To do so, we used the historical-comparative sociological method to probe the question. The conclusion is that the modern state raises the modernization idea, and this identification between the two, perhaps, is from the results of the post-constitutional era. In the years following September 1941 and 1960-70, intellectuals criticized Pahlavi's modernization and, consequently, annihilated the modern state with all its structures and mechanisms.
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