نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
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1 دانشجوی دکتری تاریخ ایران بعد از اسلام،گروه تاریخ دانشگاه پیام نور. تهران. ایران
2 استادیار و عضو هیات علمی گروه تاریخ دانشگاه پیام نور، تهران، ایران
3 دانشیار گروه تاریخ دانشگاه پیام نور، تهران، ایران
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عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
The cultural and social transformation of Iran during the Second World War (1939–1945) can be regarded as one of the key moments in the country’s transition from tradition to modernity. This study, employing a historical-analytical method and based on documentary and press materials, seeks to answer the following question: How did the Allied presence in Iran lead to a redefinition of the country’s cultural and social structures? The hypothesis of the research posits that although the military occupation of Iran and direct contact with foreign forces constrained the nation’s political sovereignty, it nevertheless generated a structural dynamism within educational institutions, the media, and patterns of urban lifestyle at the social and cultural levels. Analysis of the data indicates that the Second World War provided the conditions for the emergence of a new discourse of cultural modernization and the reconfiguration of social relations—a discourse in which concepts such as literacy, urban order, the role of women in society, and the very notion of “progress” were redefined. Consequently, this period may be viewed as a turning point in the cultural history of Iran, one that accelerated the country’s passage from tradition toward modernity.
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