خلاصة:
Today, there is a plethora of literature on the process of accelerating growth
of science and technology in Iran. Assuming technology as a social construct of
modern society, and in the light of Ricoeurian hermeneutic approach, this
paper aims, first, to show the resemblance of the current discursive
relationship between the Iranian society and technology to a "discourse of
faith" and, second to explain how this discourse has roots in the preceding one
which can be considered as a "discourse of suspicion". To do so, the paper
first, builds a conceptual model based on the Ricoeurian theory of
interpretation, where, by analogy, modern technology is compared to the text
and the user of the technology as its reader. Then, it introduces two episodes
of relationship between technology and its Iranian users in the public policy of
the post-revolutionary era: distanciation and appropriation. It concludes that
the current growth of scientific endeavors serves as the material base for an
Iranian discourse of techno-nationalism; a new self-identification which
motivates the elites to develop new bases for national self-esteem
ملخص الجهاز:
Suspicion or Faith: Understanding the Cultural Roots of Iranian Public Policy towards Science and Technology Tahereh Miremadi1 Received: 2012/3/20 Accepted: 2012/6/1 Today, there is a plethora of literature on the process of accelerating growth of science and technology in Iran.
Assuming technology as a social construct of modern society, and in the light of Ricoeurian hermeneutic approach, this paper aims, first, to show the resemblance of the current discursive relationship between the Iranian society and technology to a "discourse of faith" and, second to explain how this discourse has roots in the preceding one which can be considered as a "discourse of suspicion".
J. Humanities (2013) Vol. 20(1) Drawing on the approach of Marcel Valerie (2001), this paper tries to offer an understanding of dynamism of change from the discourse of suspicion in1980s to the one of faith in technology in 2000 and after, and the reasons for this radical shift in public policy by analyzing the cultural roots and the contemporary historical context of post revolutionary Iran.
In this paper, however, the analysis is categorically at the macro-level, since it focuses on national discourse of technology development dealing with political authority and economic power, identity Suspicion or Faith: Understanding the Cultural Roots of … Intl.
e. after the completion of the fourth five-year development plan, Iran would be a fully advanced country, rising to the number-one rank in economic, scientific and technological fields among 28 nations in the Middle East and South-East Asia (Sanad-e Cheshmandaz, 2005).