جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « همایون کاتوزیان » در نشریات گروه « علوم سیاسی »

One of the common theories focused on politics, society, and state in Iran is the "theory of despotism". Many Iranian and non-Iranian thinkers have commented and even theorized about why and how the emergence, formation, and continuation of "despotism" in Iran. Mohammad Ali (Homayoun) Katozian is one of the Iranian scholars who have proposed the view of "despotism" on the history of Iran. In Katouzian's view, Iranian society and state have historically been in a cycle of "despotism, chaos, chaos, and despotism". In this view, Iranian society has always been either plagued by despotism or by chaos, conflict, and strife. Katozian's view emphasizes the comprehensive impact of authoritarian political power on other dimensions of society. The question is whether Katozian's view of Iranian despotism is a result of the whole of Iranian history? The findings indicate that Katozian's view is not relevant to the entire history of Iran and this article examines this discrepancy. The method of the article is descriptive-analytical.

Mohammad Ali Homayoun Katozian is one of the researchers and experts who has written about society and politics in Iran and in addition to producing important works, it has provided views and opinions focused on the history of Iran.There is no doubt that Katozian is a diligent and expert researcher, and because of this, there has been a lot of criticism of his books and opinions. Katozian's strong point is to problematize Iranian history and society and to present it in the "problematic aspect". He expressed his views and opinions are considered as theory by himself. Like the theory of Iranian despotism, the short-term society or the old society and the conflict between the state and the nation and etc. The findings say that Katozian critics do not consider his views as a theorist. Some describe him as merely a repeater and practitioner of the theories of Marx, Engels, and Wittfogel. Some associate his view with a lack of examples. Some see Katozian's view as limited to the realm of politics and government, which he has not seen in other realms. in general, they have introduced methodological and content problems into Katozian's views. In this article, these critiques are evaluated and analyzed by descriptive-analytical method.