Manipulated Society: Paralyzing the Masses in Post-revolutionary Iran

Golkar, Saeid

doi:10.1007/s10767-015-9208-0

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“…The magnitude of such devastating effects on the nation was exacerbated even more with eight years of Iran-Iraq war which began shortly after the Islamic Revolution and lasted up until 1988 [14]. Throughout these years, however, Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) has been capitalizing on repressive and ideological state apparatus to reaffirm its legitimacy in the region and maintain its power over the nation [15]. In line with such efforts, the state-controlled social institutions including mainstream media have been incessantly striving for construction of a homogeneous identity based on Islamic, revolutionary and anti-West ideology that would ensure the solidarity of the nation and thus securing the state's power [16].…”

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Between Tolerance and Exclusionism: Urban Iranian Youth’s Attitudes towards Race and Religion

Matin

2022

AJHSS

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Although the resurgence of race and religiosity among Iranians predates the past millennium, it was not until beginning of twentieth century that both religion and race entered the public discourse, gradually becoming the key constituents of Iranian identity. The emergence of the non-conformist young generation in early 1990s, however, raises important questions about the critical role of race and religion in shaping Iranian youth’s identities. With a specific attention to the most mature (25-29 years old) segment of the middle-class residents of Tehran, and through conducting a series of focus groups, this study explores how these individuals imagine their selves vis-à-vis the others in relation to race and religion. The findings ultimately point to the participants’ oscillation between tolerance and exclusionism towards other races and religions as a way to disentangle the complexities of their identities.

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Section: The Emergence Of Young Generation In Iranmentioning

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Between Tolerance and Exclusionism: Urban Iranian Youth’s Attitudes towards Race and Religion

Matin

2022

AJHSS

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“…The Islamic revolution (1979) is a particularly momentous time in recent Iranian history (Golkar 2016). Prior to these events, in 1963, the family protection law raised the legal age for marriage to 18 for women and 20 for men; but this was lowered to 13 and 15 respectively following the revolution.…”

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Medicalization, menopausal time and narratives of loss: Iranian Muslim women negotiating gender, sexuality and menopause in Tehran and Karaj

Amini

McCormack

2019

Women's Studies International Forum

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“…The magnitude of such devastating effects on the country was exacerbated even more with eight years of Iran-Iraq war which began shortly after Islamic Revolution and lasted up until 1988. Throughout these years, however, IRI has been capitalising on both repressive and ideological state apparatuses to reaffirm its legitimacy to rule over the nation (Golkar, 2016). In line with such efforts, the state-controlled social institutions, including mainstream media, have been incessantly engaged in construction of a homogeneous identity based on Islamic, revolutionary and anti-West ideology in order to ensure the continuity of the theocratic regime through solidarity of the nation (Amirpur, 2017).…”

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Iranian Youth’s Identity Politics: Cosmopolitan Aspirations, Self-Reproach and Lived Experiences of Belongingness to the Nation

Matin

2022

IJHS

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Constituting more than one-third of the country’s population, young generation in Iran are also a subnational group who have their own unique experiences of living in Iran and distinct way of defining themselves as Iranian. This has given rise to Iranian youth’s identity politics, evinced by nationwide student-led uprisings and social movements throughout the past decade. Identity politics in this sense is specified as the ways in which the young Iranians reflect on their everyday experiences in order to make sense of their belongingness to the nation. The aim of this study, however, is to elucidate the ambiguities surrounding the youth’s identities through conducting a series of focus group discussions with the most mature segment of this age group who were selected from middle-class residents of Tehran. The findings ultimately unravelled cosmopolitan aspirations, self-reproach and some other identity-making aspects of these young people’s lives.

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Manipulated Society: Paralyzing the Masses in Post-revolutionary Iran

Cited by 8 publications

References 31 publications

Between Tolerance and Exclusionism: Urban Iranian Youth’s Attitudes towards Race and Religion

Between Tolerance and Exclusionism: Urban Iranian Youth’s Attitudes towards Race and Religion

Medicalization, menopausal time and narratives of loss: Iranian Muslim women negotiating gender, sexuality and menopause in Tehran and Karaj

Iranian Youth’s Identity Politics: Cosmopolitan Aspirations, Self-Reproach and Lived Experiences of Belongingness to the Nation

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