The Role of Discourse of Techno-Nationalism and Social Entrepreneurship in the Process of Development of New Technology

A Case Study of Stem Cell Research and Therapy in Iran

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ID9979577
AuthorsTahereh Miremadi (Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume47
Issue1
Pages1-20
Publication date2013-09-23
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIranian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/00210862.2013.825507
OpenAlexW2004499381
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited16

This paper discusses the role of social entrepreneurship and the discourse of techno-nationalism in defining national selfhood in contemporary Iran. To examine the issue, this paper develops an in-depth case study of the development of stem cell research, and shows how an alliance between the leaders of the scientific community and Iran's politico-religious authority contributed to building technological capacity in the field of stem cell research in the first decade of the twenty-first century. The paper also highlights how the preliminary success of stem cell research, along with other knowledge-intensive technologies, has created a shared feeling of national pride and has served as the material base for the contemporary discourse of techno-nationalism. The paper concludes with the notion that the techno-nationalist discourse has the inherent potential to unwittingly help to redefine the dichotomy between Iran and the West in such a way that it becomes less antagonistic, should other factors permit

Alliance · Entrepreneurship · Epistemology · Feeling · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Pride · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · CRISPR and Genetic Engineering · Law · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations

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