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The author believes that I Iran' s underdevelopment is due to climatic conditions on the one hand, and a reason of economic, political, social, cultural and religious factors, on the other.
In the sixth chapter titled 169) To this end, he considers Iran "Growth of the Contemporary to be closer to "Asian production Western Civilization," the author model" in which there is no refers to the growth of capitalism as voluntary cooperation - in contrast the main factor for the progress of to European feudalism - and the the West and after studying factors governmental coercion is evident which led to the emergence and in corporate works.
contemporary Western civilization In Chapter 5, titled "Why was the internal developments of Feudalism Did Not Grow in Iran," Western countries as well as the author speaks of the absence of religious, social, economic, and a true feudalistic system as the main political conditions ruling those reason that caused Iran lag behind societies, especially appearance of the contemporary Western industries.
Been a Reason for Social In Chapter 9, titled "Why Backwardness?" studies the advent Arabs Conquered Iran?" the author of civilizations in Mesopotamia and discusses the situation of the Iranian explains about specifications of society before [slam and refers to Arabian society since the advent of the unity ofreligion and government Islam.
This criticism is also true about the author's viewpoint towards the role ofreligion in development because he states a general principle announcing that unity between government and religion will lead to the establishment ofa centralized and absolute power which is opposed to human rationality, social secularism and political pluralism; that is, the three basic elements of modem civilization (p.