The Epistemological System and its Impact on Political Modernization in Iranian Society

Subject Areas : Political and International Researches Quarterly

Received: 2020-12-15 Accepted : 2020-12-15 Published : 2020-11-21

Keywords: The constitution, Reforms, Political Modernization, the Epistemological System,

Abstract :

Ensiyeh Salehi [1] Reza Akbari Nouri *[2] Hasan Ab Niki[3] Mehdi Motahatnia[4]   Abstract: Prominent intellectuals of the constitutional period believed that Iran's backwardness was rooted in two factors: political tyranny and religious petrification. Therefore, its main root is in the old political thought. Old Iranian political thinkers cannot understand the requirements of the new era. So we just became quasi-modern. This study, considering the old political thought that leads to a good epistemological system, seeks to answer the question: Did the components of a good epistemic system influence the process of political modernization during the constitutional and reformist era? Our findings show the component of the epistemic good system, although positive, has hampered modernization. The aim of this study is to answer the above questions and to determine the effects of the epistemological system based on the precedence of good over right on the process of political modernization in Iranian society in a descriptive-analytical method. [1] - PhD Student in Political Science (Iran Issues), South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, [e-mail] [2] - Assistant Professor and Faculty Member, Department of Political Science, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran,  corresponding author, [e-mail] [3] - Assistant Professor and Faculty Member, Department of Political Science, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, [e-mail] [4] - Assistant Professor and Faculty Member, Department of Futurology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran, [e-mail]