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مجلة مطالعات اجتماعي ايران, 2023
سيد حسين العطاس يكي از معدود متفكران پسااستعماري است كه در زمان برچيده شدن ساختارهاي قدرت استعمار... more سيد حسين العطاس يكي از معدود متفكران پسااستعماري است كه در
زمان برچيده شدن ساختارهاي قدرت استعماري، توجه جهانيان را به ايدة
«اسارت ذهني و امپرياليسم فكري» جلب كرد. وقتي بسياري از روشنفكران
فكر كردند استعمارزدايي كامل شده است، او به مسئلة اسارت ذهني و حضور
ذهن اسير، «ذهني غيرانتقادي و تقليدي تحت سلطة يك منبع خارجي كه
داراي تفكري مستقل نيست»، براي تداوم سلطة پارادايمهاي اروپامحوري و
امپرياليسم فكري اشاره كرد. در اين مقاله سعي شده است تا نحوة دريافت
مفهوم «اسارت ذهني» سيد حسين العطاس در ايران ترسيم شود و چگونگي
انتقال اين مفهوم به ايران و سپس نحوة استقبال از آن در ايران پس از انقلاب
1357 تبيين شود. اين مقاله نشان ميدهد كه چگونه گفتمانهايي مانند
غربزدگي جلال آل احمد و آمريكازدگي صمد بهرنگي دريافت مفهوم «اسارت
ذهني» العطاس را در ايران شكل ميدهند. خواندن آثار اين متفكران ما را به
مضامين امپرياليسم فكري و فساد دانشگاهي در بستر آموزش ايراني سوق
ميدهد. سپس اين مقاله از مفهوم ذهن اسير بهعنوان ابزاري تحليلي براي
كشف علل فساد آكادميك استفاده خواهد كرد
Brill, 2023
This paper discusses how Alatas' concept of 'the captive mind' traveled to Iran and then it exami... more This paper discusses how Alatas' concept of 'the captive mind' traveled to Iran and then it examines how it is received in Iran of the post-1979 Revolution
Naqd (Alger), Mar 20, 2023
BRILL, Sep 13, 2020
It is no easy task to add to the already existing scholarship on Frantz Fanon but re-reading his ... more It is no easy task to add to the already existing scholarship on Frantz Fanon but re-reading his thoughts and concepts is a sine qua non and gains momentum in the light of events that conjure up colonialism in the current postcolonial climate. Fanon’s works are by far the most influential source in the production of postcolonial criticism and have been used for discussions of colonizer-colonized relationship and decolonization involving issues as varied as violence, revolution, political actions, ethics, love, humanism, intellectualism, language and literature. This chapter, however, seeks to continue the debate over the significance of Fanonian perspectives on language of empire and the national literature. Fanon discusses the role of colonial language in colonization and argues that it leads to subjugation and feelings of dependency and inadequacy. He also proposes the idea that native writers should return to tradition and write the national literature in an indigenous language to ‘shake’ the natives in order to battle colonialism. While closely examining his thoughts on colonial language and national literature, this chapter presents how postcolonial African writers return to tradition and what language they choose in writing the national literature.
GEMA Online® Journal of Language Studies
The outbreak of World War One and its consequences represents one of the most momentous political... more The outbreak of World War One and its consequences represents one of the most momentous political episodes in twentieth-century world history. One of the largely unknown calamities of World War One is that several non-European countries such as Persia suffered a great deal because of the War. Although Persia declared neutrality when the war broke out, it became the battleground for the Ottoman, the Russians and the British. Immersed in its own civil war, Persia then had to witness the battle between Russia-Britain with the German supported Ottomans. This, along with some other factors, such as natural factors and the incompetency of the central government, caused great famine in Persia in the last two years of the war killing 9 million people. However, as one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century, termed here as ̳Holomine‘, this calamity is largely unknown or forgotten. By studying the history of Persia before and during the Great War, this chapter examines the reasons for v...
GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies, 2016
Since the European colonization of the East, stereotypical depictions of their perceived Orient a... more Since the European colonization of the East, stereotypical depictions of their perceived Orient as exotically backward and Muslim women as submissive and lecherous have been appearing as major themes in Western visual discourses. These representations, manifested to justify Western presence in the East, pervade even after the tragic events of 9/11. The West, especially the United States, now has to exercise new strategies to justify their imperial ‘war on terror’ project. The post-9/11 Western mass media and visual discourses are still fraught with stereotypes that consolidate stereotypical representations. Thus, by deconstructing the layers of Western misrepresentations of the Orient and studying the history of visual imperialism, this paper investigates, in the course of post-9/11 contexts, the grammar of visual imperialism in representing the East and Muslims have both negative and positive depictions. However we reveal that even the positive depictions would eventually consolida...
In The Rest Write Back: Discourse and Decolonization, Esmaeil Zeiny brings together a collection ... more In The Rest Write Back: Discourse and Decolonization, Esmaeil Zeiny brings together a collection of essays that interrogate the colonial legacies, the contemporary power structure and the geopolitics of knowledge production. The scholars in this collection illustrate how the writing-back paradigm engages in a conversation and paves the way for a “dialogical and pluri-versal” world where the Rest is no longer excluded. Among the important features of this book is that it presents ways for “decoloniality” and “epistemic disobedience.” This book will be of interest to scholars and students of all Social Science and Humanities disciplines but it is particularly important for those in the disciplines of sociology, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, literature, and theory and philosophy of Social Sciences and Humanities.
The Rest Write Back: Discourse and Decolonization, 2019
The Rest Write Back: Discourse and Decolonization, 2019
Seen and Unseen: Visual Cultures of Imperialism, 2017
Ali Shariati and the Future of Social Theory, 2017
3L The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies, 2019
Seen and Unseen: Visual Cultures of Imperialism, 2018
3L The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies, 2017
IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2013
مجلة مطالعات اجتماعي ايران, 2023
سيد حسين العطاس يكي از معدود متفكران پسااستعماري است كه در زمان برچيده شدن ساختارهاي قدرت استعمار... more سيد حسين العطاس يكي از معدود متفكران پسااستعماري است كه در
زمان برچيده شدن ساختارهاي قدرت استعماري، توجه جهانيان را به ايدة
«اسارت ذهني و امپرياليسم فكري» جلب كرد. وقتي بسياري از روشنفكران
فكر كردند استعمارزدايي كامل شده است، او به مسئلة اسارت ذهني و حضور
ذهن اسير، «ذهني غيرانتقادي و تقليدي تحت سلطة يك منبع خارجي كه
داراي تفكري مستقل نيست»، براي تداوم سلطة پارادايمهاي اروپامحوري و
امپرياليسم فكري اشاره كرد. در اين مقاله سعي شده است تا نحوة دريافت
مفهوم «اسارت ذهني» سيد حسين العطاس در ايران ترسيم شود و چگونگي
انتقال اين مفهوم به ايران و سپس نحوة استقبال از آن در ايران پس از انقلاب
1357 تبيين شود. اين مقاله نشان ميدهد كه چگونه گفتمانهايي مانند
غربزدگي جلال آل احمد و آمريكازدگي صمد بهرنگي دريافت مفهوم «اسارت
ذهني» العطاس را در ايران شكل ميدهند. خواندن آثار اين متفكران ما را به
مضامين امپرياليسم فكري و فساد دانشگاهي در بستر آموزش ايراني سوق
ميدهد. سپس اين مقاله از مفهوم ذهن اسير بهعنوان ابزاري تحليلي براي
كشف علل فساد آكادميك استفاده خواهد كرد
Brill, 2023
This paper discusses how Alatas' concept of 'the captive mind' traveled to Iran and then it exami... more This paper discusses how Alatas' concept of 'the captive mind' traveled to Iran and then it examines how it is received in Iran of the post-1979 Revolution
Naqd (Alger), Mar 20, 2023
BRILL, Sep 13, 2020
It is no easy task to add to the already existing scholarship on Frantz Fanon but re-reading his ... more It is no easy task to add to the already existing scholarship on Frantz Fanon but re-reading his thoughts and concepts is a sine qua non and gains momentum in the light of events that conjure up colonialism in the current postcolonial climate. Fanon’s works are by far the most influential source in the production of postcolonial criticism and have been used for discussions of colonizer-colonized relationship and decolonization involving issues as varied as violence, revolution, political actions, ethics, love, humanism, intellectualism, language and literature. This chapter, however, seeks to continue the debate over the significance of Fanonian perspectives on language of empire and the national literature. Fanon discusses the role of colonial language in colonization and argues that it leads to subjugation and feelings of dependency and inadequacy. He also proposes the idea that native writers should return to tradition and write the national literature in an indigenous language to ‘shake’ the natives in order to battle colonialism. While closely examining his thoughts on colonial language and national literature, this chapter presents how postcolonial African writers return to tradition and what language they choose in writing the national literature.
GEMA Online® Journal of Language Studies
The outbreak of World War One and its consequences represents one of the most momentous political... more The outbreak of World War One and its consequences represents one of the most momentous political episodes in twentieth-century world history. One of the largely unknown calamities of World War One is that several non-European countries such as Persia suffered a great deal because of the War. Although Persia declared neutrality when the war broke out, it became the battleground for the Ottoman, the Russians and the British. Immersed in its own civil war, Persia then had to witness the battle between Russia-Britain with the German supported Ottomans. This, along with some other factors, such as natural factors and the incompetency of the central government, caused great famine in Persia in the last two years of the war killing 9 million people. However, as one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century, termed here as ̳Holomine‘, this calamity is largely unknown or forgotten. By studying the history of Persia before and during the Great War, this chapter examines the reasons for v...
GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies, 2016
Since the European colonization of the East, stereotypical depictions of their perceived Orient a... more Since the European colonization of the East, stereotypical depictions of their perceived Orient as exotically backward and Muslim women as submissive and lecherous have been appearing as major themes in Western visual discourses. These representations, manifested to justify Western presence in the East, pervade even after the tragic events of 9/11. The West, especially the United States, now has to exercise new strategies to justify their imperial ‘war on terror’ project. The post-9/11 Western mass media and visual discourses are still fraught with stereotypes that consolidate stereotypical representations. Thus, by deconstructing the layers of Western misrepresentations of the Orient and studying the history of visual imperialism, this paper investigates, in the course of post-9/11 contexts, the grammar of visual imperialism in representing the East and Muslims have both negative and positive depictions. However we reveal that even the positive depictions would eventually consolida...
In The Rest Write Back: Discourse and Decolonization, Esmaeil Zeiny brings together a collection ... more In The Rest Write Back: Discourse and Decolonization, Esmaeil Zeiny brings together a collection of essays that interrogate the colonial legacies, the contemporary power structure and the geopolitics of knowledge production. The scholars in this collection illustrate how the writing-back paradigm engages in a conversation and paves the way for a “dialogical and pluri-versal” world where the Rest is no longer excluded. Among the important features of this book is that it presents ways for “decoloniality” and “epistemic disobedience.” This book will be of interest to scholars and students of all Social Science and Humanities disciplines but it is particularly important for those in the disciplines of sociology, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, literature, and theory and philosophy of Social Sciences and Humanities.
The Rest Write Back: Discourse and Decolonization, 2019
The Rest Write Back: Discourse and Decolonization, 2019
Seen and Unseen: Visual Cultures of Imperialism, 2017
Ali Shariati and the Future of Social Theory, 2017
3L The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies, 2019
Seen and Unseen: Visual Cultures of Imperialism, 2018
3L The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies, 2017
IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2013
Brill, 2019
In The Rest Write Back: Discourse and Decolonization, Esmaeil Zeiny brings together a collection ... more In The Rest Write Back: Discourse and Decolonization, Esmaeil Zeiny brings together a collection of essays that interrogate the colonial legacies, the contemporary power structure and the geopolitics of knowledge production. The scholars in this collection illustrate how the writing-back paradigm engages in a conversation and paves the way for a “dialogical and pluri-versal” world where the Rest is no longer excluded. Among the important features of this book is that it presents ways for “decoloniality” and “epistemic disobedience.” This book will be of interest to scholars and students of all Social Science and Humanities disciplines but it is particularly important for those in the disciplines of sociology, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, literature, and theory and philosophy of Social Sciences and Humanities.
This book focuses on Reconstructing Historical Memories of critical historical occurrences that h... more This book focuses on Reconstructing Historical Memories of critical historical occurrences that have had a dramatic impact upon the development of human history. While the essays in this book analyze a range of circumstances that foreground issues of memory, history and narrative, this book offers primary approaches to understanding the reconstruction of historical memories. Moving across geographical borders and political boundaries, this book seeks to link the past with the present as this linkage is essential for a good understanding of the condition of being human. It also highlights that reconstructing historical memory, which redefines the past and national identity, significantly affects the interpretation of the present and the perspective about future. This book increases public consciousness in changing the narratives around what reconstruction of historical memories means and what we can learn from it. There is much in the book that has never been explored in books of this ilk. As such this book offers a wide range of arguments and approaches and provides a powerful case for the importance of reconstruction of historical memories.
Seen and Unseen teases out and explores how visual mediums construct visual cultures that often c... more Seen and Unseen teases out and explores how visual mediums construct visual cultures that often create limited perspectives of certain issues and groups, specific to this volume, the representation of Islam and Muslims. It deals with fixed and stereotypical visual representations and explores alternative and challenging visual representations which reconstruct and dismantle existing belief systems. It approaches the topic from a vantage point of diverse multiple perspectives. Covering issues from Brunei, Iran, Egypt, and England and cyberspace, essays examine the visual cultures of how Islam and Muslim people are understood, misunderstood, misrepresented, or even embraced visually. Scholars in this volume draw on historical paintings, books and their covers, photography, and news to demonstrate the diversity and sometimes contradictory visual cultures that construct and adhere meaning to how Islam and Muslim people are seen.
The outbreak of World War One and its consequences represents one of the most momentous political... more The outbreak of World War One and its consequences represents one of the most momentous political episodes in twentieth-century world history. One of the largely unknown calamities of World War One is that several non-European countries such as Persia suffered a great deal because of the War. Although Persia declared neutrality when the war broke out, it became the battleground for the Ottoman, the Russians and the British. Immersed in its own civil war, Persia then had to witness the battle between Russia-Britain with the German supported Ottomans. This, along with some other factors, such as natural factors and the incompetency of the central government, caused great famine in Persia in the last two years of the war killing 9 million people. However, as one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century, termed here as ‗Holomine', this calamity is largely unknown or forgotten. By studying the history of Persia before and during the Great War, this chapter examines the reasons for violation of Persia's neutrality. The chapter discusses factors which contributed to the spread of famine throughout Persia and explains how ca. 40% of the Persians expired.