seyedjavad miri
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In this article, Tabatabai's reading of constitutionalism as a general theory of religious reform is evaluated from the perspective of critical sociology. The author has tried to critique Tabatabai's central idea of constitutionalism as a religious reform based on his reading dubbed as sociology ...
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In this article, Tabatabai's reading of constitutionalism as a general theory of religious reform is evaluated from the perspective of critical sociology. The author has tried to critique Tabatabai's central idea of constitutionalism as a religious reform based on his reading dubbed as sociology of law perspective. Another important point is that Tabatabai has tried to tie his discussion to the concept of the national problematique and thereby highlight the central idea of Iranshahri. In this article, an attempt has been made to examine the foundations of Tabatabai's theory of religious reform and his critiques of religious intellectuals.
seyedjavad miri
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In this article, the author has focused upon the question on “Background Assumption” in the context of social sciences. The author is of the opinion that this problematique has been deeply neglected in social sciences and humanities but it is high time to trickle this question. In other words, ...
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In this article, the author has focused upon the question on “Background Assumption” in the context of social sciences. The author is of the opinion that this problematique has been deeply neglected in social sciences and humanities but it is high time to trickle this question. In other words, it is argued that the relation between science and ideology is one of the most complicated cultural relation in the broadest sense of the term “cultural” – and in order to the fathom the problematique in a deeper sense, we need to recast the question of relationship in a different fashion. Of course, it is argued that we need to transcend the dichotomies in a way that it would not hurt our sociological imagination and for this reason, the logic of Geffrey C. Alexander is of great importance and we have tried to conceptualize the problematique in an Alexander fashion.
seyedjavad miri
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It may not be an exaggeration to argue that one of the most fundamental questions in sociological discourses is that who is a “sociologist”? in other words, what is the criteria of considering or sidelining someone as a sociologist? Of course, this question may be of no interest for ...
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It may not be an exaggeration to argue that one of the most fundamental questions in sociological discourses is that who is a “sociologist”? in other words, what is the criteria of considering or sidelining someone as a sociologist? Of course, this question may be of no interest for many readers in the 21th century but thanks to “postmodern turns” and making of parallel worlds, to question the criteria of sociologically is an act of going beyond Eurocentric vision of sociological imagination. In this context, I think it is high time to reconceptualize Muttahari within the parameters of sociological imagination.
shahin Aryamanesh; seyed javad miri
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Spring 2017, , Pages 117-134
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One of the most important questions in the context of historical sociology is the problem of orientalistic perspective on the other and Iran. In this article, we have approached the issue of Iranology as a historical sociology Problematique. In other ways, Iranian studies has a long history and it would ...
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One of the most important questions in the context of historical sociology is the problem of orientalistic perspective on the other and Iran. In this article, we have approached the issue of Iranology as a historical sociology Problematique. In other ways, Iranian studies has a long history and it would not be wrong to assume that Iranology, as a discipline, was born with the coming of travelers who came to learn about the culture, habits, life styles and languages of Iranian people. By the establishment of the Safavid Dynasty, Europeans became more interested in Iran and many of them visited Iran and left numerous reports and travelogues for us. Which are great sources for scholars and researchers today. After the primary phase of what could be termed as Amateur Iranology, the field of Iranian Studies was established as an academic discipline at the departments of Oriental Studies and Iranology at various universities in and centers of advanced research Europe, America and various countries in Asia or beyond. Then we have tried to define Iranology and Iranologist by categorizing three different types of Iranologists, i.e. White Iranologists, Grey Iranologists, Black Iranologists. After delineating these different types of scholarships, we have focused on the discourse represented by Robert C. Zanier who Played a significant role in the modern history of Iran in general and in the Coup against the government of Dr Mosaddegh, in particular during the early reign of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi who did not favor his stubborn prime minister at all.
