Produce and Consume” in the Islamic Republic

The 1990s Myth of the Winner in the Iranian Public Sphere and Its Impact on Workers

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ID8966097
AuthorsM Stella Morgana (0000-0003-2091-4515, Leiden University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume52
Issue2
Pages340-344
Publication date2020-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020743820000318
OpenAlexW3030029103
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited7

Produce to Solve Iran's Problems." 1 "Boost Production to Exit This Labyrinth of Difficulties." 2 "A New Road [different] from the Past" has to be taken. 3 "Big Successes of Our Economy." 4 Iran's "New Goals Are: Development, Growth, Efficiency." 5 "We Should Promote Industrial Research." 6 "The Youth Looking for a Job Needs To Be Skilled to Succeed." 7 If newspapers are sites for the public sphere and give any indication about the top-down narratives in Iran, the mantra behind these headlines was certainly "decide, produce, and succeed." Since the early 1990s, the dominant discourse within the Islamic republic de facto customized the dictum "produce and consume" (tuld va mas raf). Although Iran's path toward liberalism has been "tortuous," when Hashem Rafsanjani took the helm of the presidency in 1989 the myth of the winner in a competitive society began to take shape. 8 During the reconstruction era (szandig) after the Iran-Iraq war, a new narrative boosting domestic production, fostering the idea of impressive career growth, and promoting recognition of talents began to permeate the Iranian public sphere

Ancient history · Archaeology · Islam · Islamic republic · Mythology · Political science · Public sphere · Classics · History · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Turkey's Politics and Society

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