nasser alizadeh; bahram afzali
Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2016, , Pages 19-37
Abstract
A new antagonistic discourse has been formed among intellectuals, in the intellectual history of the world. Some anti-British, and after September 1941 anti-American activities ...
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A new antagonistic discourse has been formed among intellectuals, in the intellectual history of the world. Some anti-British, and after September 1941 anti-American activities are evident among Iranian intellectuals under the rule of Pahlavi I. The westerns' anti-west beliefs disclose the unjust behavior of west in contrast to non-westerns, what Chamskey introduces as one of intellectualism components. As a component of intellectual discourses, anti-west activities appear in fiction works of some authors. Based on a documentary and library analytic- descriptive method, the concept of anti-west component has been reflexed in fiction works of Hedayat, Al-e-Ahmad and Sāedi in form of any xenophobia and anti- hegemonic concepts through the present paper. The humiliation feelings of Iranians against the greatness of their past history, civilization and their original culture, and their criticism and pessimistic attitude toward the West because of the disgraceful history of colonialism and despair of their intellectuals after the coup of August 1941 are the reasons can be considered for anti-west discourses in Iran. Hedayat has criticized, in some of his works, the American-propaganda and has revealed the Americans' inhumane treatments. Al-e-Ahmad's anti-west attitudes appear in his criticism to the exploitation of his country by foreigners and to the manifestation of western civilization and anti-Americanism. Sāedi's anti-west beliefs appear in form of anti-colonialism, anti-Americanism and anti-Russian attitudes.
