Identifying the Origins and Implications of Cultural Division during the Qajar Era Based on the Qur’anic Standard Culture

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10.22103/jis.2024.23078.2590

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Purpose: The standard culture is objectified in the community based on the recognition of cultural solutions and problems. The foundations of the standard culture refer to the fundamental elements of culture in the form of the system of vision, value and disposition. Thus, the discrepancy in the construction of these systems is considered a cultural division. To reach the civilized world, the Qajars focused on the development of foreign relations and fundamental changes. The connection with the Western world made the social context in that period receptive to the emergence and growth of new ideas. The new thoughts and beliefs and the resulting changes, which were followed with the support of the Qajar kings' vision and tendency, appeared to be traumatic in the character and social behavior of that era. Accordingly, the main objective of this study was to identify the origins and implications of cultural division in the Qajar period.
Method and Research: Using a descriptive-analytical design, the present study identified the origins and implications of cultural division in the Qajar period.
Findings and Conclusions: The findings indicated that Westernism and Westernization, modernism and self-loss, constitutionalism and justice, the dispersion of power and the domination of foreigners over the governance system were the origins of cultural division. Moreover, the emergence of the Roshan Fekri (enlightenment) discourse, the influence of enlightened ideas of western-oriented thinkers, de-traditionalization of Westernized students, as well as political, military and economic dependence of Iran are some implications of cultural division during the rule of Qajar kings over Iran.

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