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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.

Evolution of Music in Iran

Ali Asghar Haghdar
16 Min To Read
15 May, 2020
- Modernity

The beginning of the Constitutional Movement towards the end of the 19th century also marks the start of an evolution in Iran’s music.

Television in Iran: An Oral History

Kambiz Mahmoudi
37 Min To Read
10 Apr, 2020
- Modernity

This article is a transcription based on an interview. Iranian television was the first commercial TV in the Middle East.

Theater in Iran

Iran 1400
55 Min To Read
08 Jan, 2020
- Modernity

Writing a script for and playing in theater, as is done in the West, plays a significant role in awakening the people of Iran to shed light on their basic rights and their realization.

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

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

Evolution of Music in Iran

Television in Iran: An Oral History

Theater in Iran