Abstract
<p>Nationalism was the main axes of the first Pahlavi era that was followed by using the Persian language and ethnicity, paying attention to the historical past and relying on the antiquity were of its manifestations the result of which was crystallized in the homeland patriotism. In this age of homeland, close bond component was king worship and archaism. Reza Shah's government, by leading the intellectuals sought to replace Imperial ideology of nationalism with the Iranian and Islamic culture and rests the legitimacy of his regime on it. One of the features and characteristics of the Pahlavi regime was the emphasis on the idea of nationalist glory and honor of the Zoroastrian religion of pre-Islamic Iran and the Persian language worshiped by that time.This article aims at the crystallization phenomenon of nationalism and ancient Persian language and ethnicity importance of convergence in the approach of the Iranian (Aryan era) in the first Pahlavi era and investigated the implications and intentions of the founders approach.</p>
Highlights
The first Pahlavi relied on nationalis m and modern izat ion at the same t ime as the approach that should transform Iran
Nationalism was the main axes of the first Pahlavi era that was followed by using the Persian language and ethnicity, paying attention to the historical past and relying on the antiquity were of its manifestations the result of which was crystallized in the homeland patriotis m
In the reign of Reza Shah, Nationalism was crystallized in various forms, including archaism; patriotism and homeland friendship integrated along with a mixtu re of West-orientation and Zoroastrian in history books
Summary
Approaches that somehow directly followed by the propaganda system including newspapers and magazines, publications and books, especially history books in the forma educational system was affected by it. This approach was accompanied by t wo features. The author has tried in the first place, to p rovide theoretical answer on what nationalism is, and second to e xplore and recover the manifestations in intellectual thought of Qajar period and Constitutional Era and third, to scrutinize and review newspapers and magazines; works of politicians supporting homeland patriotis m and friendship, Persian language; Aryan races; archaism and friendship with Shah and the imp licat ions of this approach
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