| ID | 160038 |
| Title Proper | De-politicizing Westoxification |
| Other Title Information | the Case of Bonyad Monthly |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Mirsepassi, Ali |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article studies materials published in the Bonyad Monthly, a journal sponsored by the Pahlavi state. It was published for two years (1977–78), just prior to the 1979 Revolution in Iran. Bonyad Monthly’s mission was to engage in the ongoing intellectual debates at the time in Iran’s encounter with modernity. It primarily published articles, interviews and translations, with the aim of exposing the cultural and moral perils of modern western culture. The writers of Bonyad Monthly cast the modern world as morally soulless, culturally debased, politically imperial and arrogant. The Journal also depicted Iranian culture as the mirror image of the modern west, and part of the rising “Eastern spiritual” resurrection. More specifically, Bonyad Monthly helped invert and de-politicize the notion of Gharbzadegi (Westoxification). |
| `In' analytical Note | British Journal of Middle East Studies Vol. 45, No.3;Jul 2018: p.355-375 |
| Journal Source | British Journal of Middle East Studies Vol: 45 No 3 |
| Key Words | Westoxification ; De-politicizing |