Political Culture in the Shadow of Iranian Ideology: A Critical Analysis of Essentialist Discourses (A Case Study of Tabatabai, Kachooyan, and Doustdar)
By Moein Kazemi
This article critically examines dominant approaches that reduce Iran’s political culture to essentialist notions of “national character,” offering transhistorical explanations that obstruct both scientific analysis and democratic political practice. Through a critical analysis of three prominent intellectual discourses—Iranshahr thought (associated with Seyed Javad Tabatabai), Islamic nativism (associated with Hossein Kachouyan), and the “impossibility of thinking” (associated with Aramesh Dustdar)—the article demonstrates how, despite their apparent differences in content (pride, revival, and reproach), these projects converge in their ideological function of excluding pluralism.
The Force of Non-Violence
The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind. By Judith Butler. Translated into Persian by Mahsa Asadollahnejad. Published by Iran Academia University Press. 2022. Digital format available for free. The hard copy is available to purchase. This book is in the Persian language.
Arif Dirlik
Arif Dirlik’s (Turkish historian) Profile in Iran Academia Web of Sites.