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A few brief reflections on the crises of books in Iran / Reza Najafi
Book and reading in Iran are facing multiple crises because, on one hand, they are inheriting global problems such as the decline of the book market due to the emergence of powerful competitors like cinema, television, virtual space, and various computer games, as well as new media such as audio works, and on the other […]...
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Created By:
Reza Najafi
October 23, 2023
“Return to the book, the true book!/ Saeed Barabadi”
The file of reading books by people around the world, especially Iranians, has changed significantly due to the coronavirus and long-term quarantines afterwards. However, in order to better understand this change, we must consider and accept the new types of reading in statistics, and acknowledge that all audio and visual products that are currently being […]...
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Saeed Barabadi October 23, 2023
Our culture and its relationship with democracy / Majid Shia Ali
You have probably encountered views that suggest democracy requires cultural prerequisites and that society lacks these prerequisites culturally. To justify this view, various comparisons are made to belittle Iranian society compared to developed countries. From driving in heavy city traffic compared to driving conditions in Northern European countries, to the proposal of a per capita […]...
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Created By:
Majid Shia’ali October 23, 2023
Why is cultural generalization important? / Mehrdad Naghibi
More than ever, censorship and inspection policies by authoritarian governments have taken complex forms, to the point that in societies under the rule of tyranny and cultural suffocation, censorship and the policy of elimination have become a guillotine. In Iran, the issue of censorship, both in the Shah regime and in the Islamic Republic, has […]...
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Created By:
Mehrdad Naghibi September 23, 2023
