REZA SHAH AND THE IRANIAN NATIONALIST HISTORIOGRAPHY PROJECT

Abstract

This work called Reza Shah and the Iranian Nationalist Historiography Project is written by Ali Begdeli who be professor in Shahid Beheshti University, by Sepideh Afshar Rezaei who be a PhD student in the History of Iran in the Islamic Period, by Mahdi Goljan who be assistant professor in Islamic Azad University, by Alireza Alisofi who be associate professor in Payame Noor University. In the study, the authors in question examined the historical perspectives of the nationalist ideology that was dominant during the Reza Shah Pahlavi period and evaluated some prominent figures and their works in the context of their emphasis on nationalism. These authors aim to determine the place of the understanding of nationalism in the field of history, to reveal how historical texts written with a nationalist perspective have an effect on the readers, and to reveal what kind of contradiction is experienced in some texts in order to present a nationalist narrative. The study is remarkable in that it critically analyzes various prominent figures in this period and the various works written by them, and examines the consequences of nationalist historiography.