Examining the Consequences of the Migration from Zoorabad to Afghanistan during the First Pahlavi Era: A Case Study on the Management of Properties and Agricultural Lands." [PDF]
Extended abstractIntroduction: Zoorabad Jam is a border region in eastern Khorasan characterized by a relatively low-lying plain situated between two rivers and flanked by two mountain ranges, sharing a border with Afghanistan. Historically, the movement
azam Riahi
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ABSTRACT This article examines the historical displacement of Indigenous peoples in Venezuela, focusing on the links between indigenist policies and the exploitation of natural resources, particularly oil, throughout the 20th century. Using a combined historical and ethnographic approach, it demonstrates how the formation of the Venezuelan nation‐state
Gabriel Tardelli
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Abstract The Iranian revolution of 1979 is generally portrayed either as the catalyst of sectarian polarization in the Middle East or, more recently, as the foundation of a pragmatic grand strategy shaped by geopolitical insecurity and learning forged by decades of war. This article challenges this binary opposition between ideology and strategy.
Alabbas F. Alsudani
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Despotism and financial corruption: the economic movements of the Rashidians during the second Pahlavi period [PDF]
Considering the relationship between the type of political government and economic movements in a country, this article is focused on the economic activities of the Rashidian family during the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, as described in the framework
Mojtaba Soltani Ahmadi +2 more
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Examining the role of Islamic Schools in reinforcement of Hijab Culture from “Social Capital” perspective [PDF]
As an Islamic obligation in Iran’s Society, the Hijab doctrine was regarded by Pahlavi Dynasty as an impediment in the way of development. Therefore, the “politics of Nudism” is pursued by the regime. It was not acceptable to the people.
Abolfazl Shakoori, Jalil Dara
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‘Escaping Isn't for Everyone’: Kurdish Smugglers’ Navigational Tactics at Checkpoints in Iran
ABSTRACT This article examines how Kurdish smugglers navigate state and insurgent checkpoints in the borderlands of western Iran. Drawing on ethnographic research, it analyses two key navigational tactics: persin, a form of negotiated passage involving transaction, recognition and the contingent toleration of authority; and jimi, rendered here as ...
Peyman Zinati
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Translators’ Attitude toward Women’s Issues during the First Pahlavi Era [PDF]
Writing books about women and their issues with the aim of teaching and guiding them was among the main tenets of the literary system’s poetics during the First Pahlavi era.
Maryam Saeidi
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“American Islam”: The Politics of Religious Authenticity in Iran
ABSTRACT This article analyzes “American Islam” as a political category of religious authenticity in the Islamic Republic of Iran rather than as a fixed theological concept. Using a critical discourse‐analytic framework, it examines how Ayatollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei construct and operationalize the opposition between pure Muhammadan Islam ...
Fateh Saeidi
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National Colonialism: Nation‐State, Colonialism and Colonisation of Kurdistan
ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of ‘national colonialism’ to capture colonial relations in the nation‐state form. It does so through a critical appraisal of the concept of ‘internal colonialism’, which largely fails to explain the links between nationalism and colonial relations.
Behnam Amini
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“Tabula Rasa” planning: creative destruction and building a new urban identity in Tehran
The concept of Tabula Rasa, as a desire for sweeping renewal and creating a potential site for the construction of utopian dreams is presupposition of Modern Architecture. Starting from the middle of the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century,
Asma Mehan
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