Iran and Political Modernisation in the Nineteenth Century

Parliamentarianism, Constitutionalism and Feminism in the Newspaper "Ṣūr-i Isrāfīl"

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ID19426682
AuthorsHassan Bashir (0000-0002-8606-8342, Imam Sadiq University, corresponding author)
Year1970
Pages124-147
Publication date1970-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Arabic and Islamic Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0806-198X • E-ISSN: 0806-198X
PublisherUniversity of Oslo Library (PUBLISHER • NO)
DOI10.5617/jais.4574
OpenAlexW2745051805
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited1

The Constitutional Revolution in Iran (1906–11) was of momentous significance for the evolution of various social and political concepts that were mainly rooted in Western ideologies. During the period of this revolution the face of Iran was changed. The flourishing of free and autonomous newspapers was one of the main features of the period. The contribution of these newspapers to the social and political development of Iran and the modernisation of the realm was more obvious than that of other factors that were changing the traditional society of the country at the beginning of the twentieth century. Ṣūr-i Isrāfīl, the most influential and independent newspaper of the time, played an essential part in the process of modernisation. This article attempts to examine the role of the newspaper by analysing relevant texts published in it during the period and identifying the elements they mediated that were important to the process of change

Aesthetics · Constitutionalism · Democracy · Economic history · Flourishing · Ideology · Modernization theory · Newspaper · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Realm · Social science · Sociology · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Turkey's Politics and Society

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