Water Crisis, Tradition and Development in Iran: Rethinking about Modernization Considering the Documentary of “Matricide”

Most of the programs in Iran which were defined and carried out in the name of “modernization” had nothing to do with the cultural and “indigenous” elements of the country, so, they exacerbated some “crisis” in the field of environment and water. Therefore, it seems that it is necessary to rethink t...

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Main Author: Nima Shojaei Baghini
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Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2019-09-01
Series:Dānishhā-yi būmī-i Īrān
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Online Access:https://qjik.atu.ac.ir/article_10874_6fd2ff526b632f11598c41704aa3295e.pdf
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description Most of the programs in Iran which were defined and carried out in the name of “modernization” had nothing to do with the cultural and “indigenous” elements of the country, so, they exacerbated some “crisis” in the field of environment and water. Therefore, it seems that it is necessary to rethink the concepts of “modernization” and “development”; relying on the concept of “tradition” and looking for the “emancipatory social science”, we should try to transform a paradigm which is eliminating and fighting against the concept of “nature”, as Hanna Arendt argued. I believe that the admired documentary entitled “Matricide”, directed by KomeilSohani, which has been showed in Iran and some other countries, with a historical approach, has the capacity to develop such an “emancipatory social science”. This movie has criticized a “technical” approach retrieved from “partial modernization”, and showed that how far previous decisions made by the Iranian politicians, in the same approach, has endanger current Iranian’s life. It seems that the theoretical and methodological approach of the movie is similar to what is bring followed in the field of “new institutionalism”. In this field of study both “historical” and “indigenous” forms of life are considered prominently. Subsequently, by using the approach, we can rethink the foundations of the “modernization” school, which has effected not only on Iran, but on the rest of the world, with its “negative externalities”. Hence, in this article, with emphasis on this approach and that documentary, the researcher criticized the peculiarities of current knowledge in facing the loop of “environmental crisis” and “water crisis” in Iran; then, I emphasis on the “new institutionalism” as an alternative emancipatory paradigm, towards an understanding of the problems of the nature in Iran.
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spelling doaj.art-4bf64d15520740318562b30dae9bdd032024-04-15T06:31:37ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University PressDānishhā-yi būmī-i Īrān2345-60192538-25432019-09-0161233337010.22054/qjik.2020.49845.118610874Water Crisis, Tradition and Development in Iran: Rethinking about Modernization Considering the Documentary of “Matricide”Nima Shojaei Baghini0دانش‌آموخته دکتری و عضو گروه جامعه‌شناسی جهاد دانشگاهی تهران، تهران، ایران.Most of the programs in Iran which were defined and carried out in the name of “modernization” had nothing to do with the cultural and “indigenous” elements of the country, so, they exacerbated some “crisis” in the field of environment and water. Therefore, it seems that it is necessary to rethink the concepts of “modernization” and “development”; relying on the concept of “tradition” and looking for the “emancipatory social science”, we should try to transform a paradigm which is eliminating and fighting against the concept of “nature”, as Hanna Arendt argued. I believe that the admired documentary entitled “Matricide”, directed by KomeilSohani, which has been showed in Iran and some other countries, with a historical approach, has the capacity to develop such an “emancipatory social science”. This movie has criticized a “technical” approach retrieved from “partial modernization”, and showed that how far previous decisions made by the Iranian politicians, in the same approach, has endanger current Iranian’s life. It seems that the theoretical and methodological approach of the movie is similar to what is bring followed in the field of “new institutionalism”. In this field of study both “historical” and “indigenous” forms of life are considered prominently. Subsequently, by using the approach, we can rethink the foundations of the “modernization” school, which has effected not only on Iran, but on the rest of the world, with its “negative externalities”. Hence, in this article, with emphasis on this approach and that documentary, the researcher criticized the peculiarities of current knowledge in facing the loop of “environmental crisis” and “water crisis” in Iran; then, I emphasis on the “new institutionalism” as an alternative emancipatory paradigm, towards an understanding of the problems of the nature in Iran.https://qjik.atu.ac.ir/article_10874_6fd2ff526b632f11598c41704aa3295e.pdfwater crisistraditiondevelopmentmodernizationnew institutionalismirandocumentaryof “matricide
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title_full Water Crisis, Tradition and Development in Iran: Rethinking about Modernization Considering the Documentary of “Matricide”
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title_short Water Crisis, Tradition and Development in Iran: Rethinking about Modernization Considering the Documentary of “Matricide”
title_sort water crisis tradition and development in iran rethinking about modernization considering the documentary of matricide
topic water crisis
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