Ir The Iranian Identity

Globalization is the process by which the markets of different countries become integrated due to the exchange of goods, services, technology, and capital. Globalization depends on social, economic, and political factors, and continuously alters the way that the world works. All the vital components of the evolving global, political, economic and social institutions being examined seem to constantly converge and to perpetually intertwine during the day to day administration of global affairs. Diplomacy is employed to keep a measured balance between conflict and cooperation. The global guarantees of international law are placed in sharp contrast to the grim reality of human rights on daily basis and policy is dictated by the scales of political power and the urgent priorities of economic necessity. To understand how the globe functioned in the past and how it wishes to function in the future, we must study each factor separately and observe its inevitable interactivity with the other factors that occur. It is important to note that none of the dynamics can be given greater weight in comparison to the other crucial instrumentalities.

Globalization, described as the expansion, intensification and acceleration of global interconnectedness, is one of the intense phenomena that the contemporary era has experienced. It has influenced the monetary, ecological, and societal characteristics of all the nations of the world. Due to both positive and negative consequences on the life of the citizens the world over, globalization is one of the most talked about issue of this century (Javed 2004).

The world is not a large and strange place anymore. The world is a place that is interconnected and intertwined. The world has become from a place that each country and their peoples are separate and isolated to a place that each country and their peoples are part of a global network. Thanks to globalization this is occurring. Globalization is the ‘international integration” or ‘de-bordering’ – “a number of highly disparate observations whose regular common denominator is the determination of a profound transformation of the traditional nation-state” (Von Bogdandy 2). Globalization is connecting different people from different cultures and backgrounds together. More and more corporations are entering new foreign markets to sell their

Before the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, the country was on course to becoming a westernized secular country. The Shah of Iran was more interested in developing the country along western model than anything else. People were left on their own to make decisions regarding moral issues. Religion was a private affair and people were free to practice their religion, as they wanted. People enjoyed personal freedoms comparable to those enjoyed in the west. They only thing they lacked was political freedom as all the power rested with the Shah. The elite controlled political power and anyone who wanted to join politics needed the sponsorship of the elites. The elites also controlled the economy largely because Shah appointed members of the

Globalization is the process of world integration of ideas, cultures and economies. In the past five hundred years there were two major periods of globalization which have generated irreversible effects on the world. One period, began with the Age of Exploration in the late fifteenth century, and it spanned until the eighteen hundreds. The other period, the post WW II era, began in the middle of the twentieth century and continues today. Each of these eras marked a tremendous evolution in economic strength, religion, human rights, woman’s rights, agriculture and last but not least technology.

Postcolonial scholars examine and ultimately seek to undo the historical structures that originally created, maintained and continue to reproduces the oppression of the colonial experience. Otherness, the term introduced by Edward Said, pointed out that non-western cultures are seen as object for study. Seeing from the submissive cultures, power dynamic of imperialism is dominant. Western looks and explains things in western way. However, another essential theme in post-colonialism is hybridity which is the space between two cultures.

We all live in a globalized world; due to technologies being rapidly made it has driven globalization. Now we are well informed about other countries across the entire world and able to communicate internationally. Globalization has created a framework for cooperation among homelands. Generally, it has affected our nations and, indirectly we, the citizens in various ways; economically, politically, and socially, however it is a fast integration and association of various nations, which shapes the world affairs on a global level. The concept of globalization is evident in the many difficult challenges that come with it, involving our cultural differences, and the regulating challenge of globalizations. The phenomenon of globalization has affected many cultures around the world, resulting in the Americanization of other nations.

Globalization is the process through which the world is slowly but surely getting interconnected. The relation is as a result of the exchange of cultural

Vejdani’s book is a great source of understanding how modern nation states were created in the Persian region. It also explains what it meant for those countries to become a nation state and what steps were necessary to take in order to create a nation. He shows evidence from Qajar’s dynasty that took step in emerging the ideas of citizen and the state, the constitution rights. In Makin History in Iran: Education, Nationalism, and Print Culture Vejdani, highlights the role of history and historians in creating national identity, his main claim is that standardization of history played an important role in shaping a modern national identity. However, reading that book brought up some questions of what a national identity might mean to diverse population of Persia, how marginalized group reacted on creation of a nation state. Vejdani, states that some historians used history to claim citizenship rights,

The Iranian Revolution was at its climax in 1979 with the Revolutionary goal being met by it’s supports. Supporters of the revolution stood mixed in their goals for a new Iran. The Islamic Extremist lead by Ayatollah Khomeini wanted to install an Islamic regime inside of Iran that would follow Islamic law. Religious clerics viewed the Shah as not being a positive leader of Iran and wanted him overthrown and the country left as is. Iranians such as the middle class and students wanted to install an Islamic republic in place of the autocratic monarchical society which the Shah created. All of these groups came together to follow Ayatollah Khomeini under the presence of overthrowing the Shah. Needless to say Ayatollah Khomeini overthrow the

While I have never visited the country of my heritage and the home of my ancestors, Iran holds a special place in my heart. Even though I was born and raised in the United States, Iran is the birthplace of my parents, and I feel a particular connection to the roots that have influenced and shaped my upbringing and my culture. As an Iranian - American, I follow world politics and the international community’s views on Iran with mixed feelings. The stories my parents tell of the Iran of their childhood greatly differ from the images broadcast by the news networks. My personal interactions with Iranians living abroad have impressed upon me their genuine hospitality, their profound loyalty and friendship, and their remarkable tolerance for others.

Globalization became fact of life and inevitable, we all heard the world became a small village or the globe is shrinking. Even the most conservative countries such as Saudi Arabia or China you can see signs of globalization such as Macdonald or KFC or Four Seasons In Syria; not only that, but Chinese, Indian and Thai food became very popular out west to the point where you will find plenty of fast food such as EDO, Thai express or Mandarin Restaurant chain. Countries can no longer live in silos; most of the countries are open or started to open its door to the world including Iran with their recent peace talk.

Nishapur is a city in the Razavi Khorasan Province in Iran and was a regional capital and important center of agriculture, commerce, and learning. (Bulliet, 1975) Nishapur reached the height of its prosperity under the Samanids in the 10th century. (Kröger, 1995) The Samanid Dynasty was the first native dynasty to arise in Iran after the Muslim Arab conquest and led the revival of Persian culture. (Ridgeon, 2012) It was known for the driving force it gave to Iranian attitudes, beliefs, and learning. Samanid rule is part of the so-called Iranian Intermezzo, which saw the creation of a Persian Muslim culture and identity that brought Iranian speech and traditions into the fold of the Islamic world. (Canfield, 2002) The Islamization of Iran transformed

Orientalism, is a school of thought based entirely the exploitation of cultural differences between western and eastern peoples, Satrapi illustrates this strict dichotomy and the distress these differences caused her growing up as they call into question her very cultural identity. Orientalism is more complex than political or economic imperialism, Said articulates the peculiar relationship between Orient and Occident as such, “...the Orient has helped to define Europe (or the West) as its contrasting image, idea, personality, experience” (2 Said). Both gain meaning from opposing the other, any form of syncretism threatens the culture of both. Satrapi reflects on how this strict segregation of what is European and what is Iranian confused her as a child. As a result of

The issues of globalization increasingly dominate the universe’s life. The concept of globalization according to Robertson (1992) refers to the narrowing of the world as incentives and increased our awareness of the world, namely the increasing global connections and our understanding of the connection. Globalization is a situation in which no boundaries between the people of the world and links communities in a country with people in another countries. Globalization departs from an idea to unite the nations which is expected to be a mutual agreement and guidelines for nations around the world. Globalization is able to waive the space and time constraints to get the interaction and communication between nations can be done