modernity

Iran’s “Independence” Development Strategy

Rasool Nafisi
20 Min To Read
19 Apr, 2021
- Modernity
- Economy

Introduction The question of development of the non-industrial world, often called pejoratively “the third world,” used to be a major theme in the academic as well as political world throughout the cold war era.

The Image and Reality of Iran's 100-year-old Approach to Modernity

Aram Hessami
12 Min To Read
07 Nov, 2020
- Modernity

This is a transcription of Dr. Aram Hessami’s interview with the Iran 1400 project. The Historical Context Iran’s past 100 years should be called the century of modernity and its discontent.

The Image and Reality of Iran's 100-year-old Approach to Modernity

Ramin Jahanbegloo
12 Min To Read
20 Sep, 2020
- Modernity

This is a translation of Dr. Ramin Jahanbegloo’s interview with the Iran 1400 project. Modernity Defined The concept of modernity, as we know it today, refers to a particular period in the history of humanity and especially the history of the West because modernity was initially formed and shaped in the West with its new outlook about the world and human beings in it.

Wrestling with Modernity Contending Visions of Religion and Religiosity in Iran since 1941

Sajjad Elmi Sarai
48 Min To Read
20 Sep, 2020
- Modernity
- Law

With the intervention of the Allied forces in Iran and the abdication of Reza Shah in 1941, there was a new opening of the social-political atmosphere in Iran.