Abstract

Cultural diplomacy is one of the tools of public diplomacy that governments are trying to attract people from those countries before attracting other governments; among different types of modern diplomacy, including public diplomacy, media diplomacy, and educational diplomacy, cultural diplomacy has a special significance. During the Qajar era, the German government began a consistent and expansive cultural activities in many countries, including Iran, by understanding the international structure affected by the two powers of Russia and the United Kingdom, as well as the proper understanding of the power of cultural diplomacy. In this paper, we try to answer the following questions: Why did the German government, contrary to its rivals in Iran, the British and Russian governments, define their foreign policy on the basis of a cultural approach? How has this cultural relationship affected the Iranian intellectual community? In response to these questions, we can state the following assumptions: “The German government is aware of the fact that in traditional societies such as Iran, cultural diplomacy based on religious feelings and religious intolerance is higher than any political and economic motive, and that this type of diplomacy is not confronted with the opposition of the two powers of Russia and Britain”. “Iranian-German cultural associations have been influential both on Iranian intellectual activists and those acting with religious backgrounds and those with stronger nationalist tendencies”.

Highlights

  • Cultural diplomacy is one of the tools of public diplomacy that governments are trying to attract people from those countries before attracting other governments

  • World War I was an important milestone in the cooperation between Iran and Germany against Russia and Britain

  • Germany tried to organize Muslim nations, including Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan, against the United Kingdom through the organization, management and use of money and weapons, and with the opening of the south, the Soviet power was forced to fight for direct war with Germany

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Introduction

Cultural diplomacy is one of the tools of public diplomacy that governments are trying to attract people from those countries before attracting other governments. Cultural diplomacy provides a better opportunity for a more serious presence and more opportunity to play a more effective role by informal actors, civil society organizations and non-governmental individuals and legal entities. This adds up to the scope of manoeuvrability and the scope of the impact of cultural diplomacy in comparison to traditional classical diplomacy. The country's press talked to them and wrote the goodwill of Germany towards Iran with a favourable definition” (Kahal Zadeh, 1989: 68) In this way, the feelings of German friendship reach their peak among elites and masses of Iranian society. It can be said that the German communication with the intellectual activists in Iran during this period was pursued in two general parts: communication with actors with a national orientation and communication with actors with a religious orientation

The relationship of Intellectual Actors with national Trends
Relationship of Intellectual Actors with Religious Affiliation
Iranshahr
Germany and intellectual discourse in Iran
Discourse Archaism
The Discourse of Nation-State
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