چکیده:
During Qajar era, superstition and anti-superstition have had great impact on Iran's political thought. Superstitious context as an irrational process and major obstacle to the growth of political thought in Iran, exhorted the society towards subjectivist and reductionist approach. Rational intellectuals, on the other hand, endeavored to erode superstitious trends for pushing the society towards rationality and development. This article with a qualitative historical and analytical methodology and through collecting the library data tries to answer the question that "how superstitious culture had influenced the political thought of Iran during the Qajar period?" The hypothesis of the research is that the culture of superstition and irrationality through subjectivism and reductionism influenced the political thought of Iran during Qajar era, which in its turn led to the "intellectual despotism" and consequently to the "political tyranny". Based on the Giddens conception of the interaction between structure and agency, the article concludes that the contextual factors notably the superstitious culture led to the despotic mindset of Iranian rulers during Qajar period.
خلاصه ماشینی:
In the social context, superstitious thinking, coming from cultural poverty, constituted major obstacle to political thought of Iran due to its reductionist approach.
Sheikh ol-Eslami (1989) in his books "Portrait of Ahmad Shah" and in his article (2006) entitled "Particularities of Mohammad Ali Shah" explains extensively the connection between superstition and political decision-making process during the Qajar period.
Behavior of crown Prince Mohammad Mirza remained unchanged even during his reign and after the death of Fath Ali One of the travelers who visited Iran during Qajar period The title of Feudal in Iran Shah until the arrival of auspicious time, he spent a week in Negarestan garden outside of Tehran, and after that, he ascended to the throne.
Impact of Combatting Superstitions on Political Thought of Iran during the QajarEra Perhaps the most important factor contributing to fight against superstitions in the Qajar era was the critical rationality of some prime ministers, thinkers and elites of this period.
Mirza Agha Khan Kermani was for the rationalization of culture and elimination of superstition for boosting the development of Iranian society (Kasravi, 2006: 136-138).
Such a superstitious thought in the context of law-breaking and political despotism provided an opportunity for denying critical rationalism and impeding political development in Iran during the Qajar period.
Scrutinizing on the political culture of Iran and its impact on political and social thought during Qadjar period, we notice the destructive effect of superstition on the rationality and development.