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What happens to language when a society confronts revolution and the West at the same time? This book invites you to rethink language not as a neutral tool, but as a site where thought, power, and civilization collide.
Bringing together leading Iranian thinkers, the volume explores Reza Davari Ardakani’s social theory to ask how modernity reshapes meaning, identity, and critique in Iran. You follow debates on language, tradition, revolution, and underdevelopment, grounded in philosophy rather than ideology. With original essays and close readings, this book offers a rare, coherent engagement with Davari’s thought and opens a new path for understanding language as a decisive force in social life.
Seyed Javad Miri is Professor of Sociology and Philosophy at the Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies in Tehran. He has authored works on critical social theory, philosophy of language, and post-colonial thinkers.
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Language from the Perspective of Reza Davari Ardakani
Seyed Javad Miri
1 Our Relationship with the West and Its Impact on the Social Existence of Iranian Society: a Rereading of Reza Davari Ardakani’s Thought
Seyed Javad Miri
2 From Philosophical Conservatism to Ideological Radicalism: Reflections on Reza Davari’s Political Thought
Ahmad Bostani
3 Rethinking Underdevelopment: the Insights and Limits of Reza Davari’s Philosophy
Bijan Abdolkarimi
4 Reza Davari Ardakani’s Understanding of the West and Its Results and Functions
Hasan Mohaddesi Gilvaei
5 The Otherness of Poetic Thought in Relation to Visual Thought
Seyyed Mehdi Nazemi Gharehbagh
6 Davari’s Philosophy on Understanding and Overcoming the State of Underdevelopment
Mohammad Javad Safian
7 Davari, between Philosophy and Politics: How Was Our Existence-Life Judged?
Ehsan Pouyafar
8 Reza Davari’s Perspective on Persian Language and Poetry
Negar Davari Ardakani
9 Reza Davari’s Hermeneutics of Modernity and the Humanities
Malek Shojaei Jeshooghani
10 Farabi’s Conflict: Philosophy, Politics, Religion in Three Perspective
Mohammad Hossein Badamchi
Conclusion
Seyed Javad Miri
Bibliography
Index