Kianoosh Afshari; Hamed Ameri Golestani; Shiva Jalalpoor
Abstract
Two important notions, after Constitutionalism, were developed on the basis of an important "background": the creation of a "sovereign state" and "national unity". Among many intellectuals, ...
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Two important notions, after Constitutionalism, were developed on the basis of an important "background": the creation of a "sovereign state" and "national unity". Among many intellectuals, these two grew as modern "motives" and "intentions" and emerged from the heart of the turbulent post-constitutional era. Security, meanwhile, was one of the main demands of the intellectuals and statesmen of the day, demanding both "sovereign state" and "national unity." Hence, in the writings of the transition period from Qajar to Pahlavi, much attention was paid to this issue. The main question in this article is to find the relationship between these two through a review of one of the most important press of the late Qajar and early Pahlavi, namely "Ayandeh" and the speeches of its founder Mahmoud Afshar Yazdi. This article seeks to answer the question: What is the relationship between "national unity" and the notion of " sovereign state " in "Ayandeh" magazine? Method: Skinner's intentional hermeneutics. Results: "Ayandeh", emphasizing the need for "national unity" and explaining its characteristics, considers the "powerful national constitutional government" as one of the basic tools for its realization. Moreover, "national unity" in "Ayandeh", as a "systemic" thinking, is closely related to categories such as security and education.