Abstract:
The expansion of Iran's relations with the countries of the Western bloc, especially the United States, between 1953-1963 is one of the characteristics of Iran's foreign relations during the second Pahlavi period. This article attempts to examine the impact of political culture on Iran's foreign relations during these years. The hypothesis that is examined and tested in response to the main question is: the political culture arising from the Pahlavism discourse, consisting of elements of monarchocentrism, authoritarianism, insecurity, and modernism, caused the expansion of relations with the Western bloc and the intensification of Iran's dependency during that period. In fact, the combination of the aforementioned elements meant that the Shah was the sole decision-maker of foreign policy in this period and other political elites would ultimately harmonize and align with this situation. For this purpose, the authors have used discourse analysis and, after analyzing the discursive pillars of Pahlavism, have proceeded to examine its communicative mechanisms on the political culture of society. The expansion of Iran's relations with the countries of the Western bloc, especially the United States, between 1953-1963 is one of the characteristics of Iran's foreign relations during the second Pahlavi period. In this article, an attempt is made to examine the impact of political culture on Iran's foreign relations during these years. The hypothesis that is examined and tested in response to the main question is: the political culture arising from the Pahlavism discourse, consisting of elements of monarchocentrism, authoritarianism, insecurity, and modernism, caused the expansion of relations with the Western bloc and the intensification of Iran's dependency during that period. In fact, the combination of the mentioned elements meant that the Shah was the sole decision-maker of foreign policy in this period and other political elites would ultimately harmonize and align with this situation. For this purpose, the authors have used discourse analysis and, after analyzing the discursive pillars of Pahlavism, have proceeded to examine its communicative mechanisms on the political culture of society.
Machine summary:
01 Abstract Keywords Introduction The expansion of Iran's relations with the West, and particularly the United States, between the years 1953-1963 is one of the characteristics of Iran's foreign relations during the second Pahlavi era and has received significant attention from analysts of Iranian foreign policy, to the extent that Mahdavi calls this period of foreign relations the era of dependency on the Western bloc (see Mahdavi, 1998), and Azghandi uses the theory of the puppet state to describe it (see Azghandi, 2000).
A provisional answer to this question, as a hypothesis, is: "The political culture arising from the Pahlavi discourse, consisting of elements of monarchocentrism, authoritarianism, insecurity, and modernism, caused the expansion of relations with the Western bloc and intensified Iran's dependency on it.
By explaining the most important components of political culture under the headings of Shah-centrism, authoritarianism, insecurity, and modernism, an attempt will be made in the next section to explain the impact of the components of political culture on Iran's foreign relations with the Western bloc during the second Pahlavi era.
The role of modernism Modernism was also influential on Iran's foreign policy during the era of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as the fourth component of political culture.
The manner in which political culture influenced Iran's foreign relations during the second Pahlavi era in the period 1953-1963 can be summarized in the following diagram.
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