Evaluation of Iranian Contemporary Nationalist Historiography Characteristics

Abstract

 Novel Iranian historiography is strongly influenced by the nationalist dialogue. It has had a great impact on redefining the new Iranian identity in the contemporary era. The Pahlavi regime (emerged in 1925) produced and used that way of thinking in a modern way and differently from previous traditional governments. This study will take a look at the emerging of the modern Iranian identity from a historical-analytical perspective and attempt to determine why the common nationalist thinking in most recent Iranian historic literature is dominant. It mentions the most significant characteristics of that party’s historiography. New Iranian historic literature, influenced by the nationalist dialogue, has characteristics such as modernization, racism, Islamophobia, westernization, and egotism.