Incompetence of orientalism approach for perception of Iran in Qajar Era
 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association
تاريخ : شانزدهم شهريور 1396 ساعت 22:54   کد : 7806

   13th Conference of the European Sociological Association: (Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities, Athens, Greece, 29 Aug. - 01 Sept. 2017 (here)1
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 Incompetence of orientalism approach for perception of Iran in Qajar Era

 

Mohammad Reza Javadi Yeganeh, Saeedeh Zadghannad, Abbas Faghih Khorasani

University of Tehran, Iran

abstract

The reportage and travelogue of Westerns describing Iranians and their physical appearance, events, culture, customs (etc.) during Qajar period (1789-1925) often refer as one of the most interesting presentations of national character. At the heart of this paper lies a critical engagement with the orientalism theory and representation of East –including noble savage/ uncivilized –by Westerners. It sheds light into relations based on religion and religiosity as a significant element of Western’s travel writings of Iran. The main question however is how contemporary sociological research about Iran can benefit from re-thinking about orientalism in travel writing from Iran.