USING THE PAST IN RESEARCH STRATEGIES: INTERPRETATION EXPERIENCE STATE IDEOLOGY OF SHAH’S IRAN IN 1925-1979

Abstract

This paper considers questions related to the use of the past for research strategies in the interpretation the character the state ideology monarchical Iran during the reign of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1925-1979. Analyzed research approaches from different historiographical schools - official Iranian historiography the Shah period, Western historiography (the United States and English-speaking countries of Western Europe), modern historiography of the Islamic Republic of Iran, modern Iranian emigre historiography, Soviet and modern Russian historiography. Also explores methods of use of the historical past in the study of ideology shah state, including re- interpretation of the events, mythologizing and update events, the use of ideological constructions. We also consider the impact on the interpretation of Iran's state ideology monarchical specific political conditions and the current situation in international relations.

Keywords

• research strategies
• the shah's power
• monarchical iran
• the state ideology