The question of freedom within the horizon of the Iranian Constitutional Movement (1906-1921)

Thesis

The present DPhil research attempts to develop an appropriate method for the historiography of ideas by taking into consideration cultural, linguistic and socio-political limitations and obstacles to free thinking in a predominantly closed society like Qajar Iran. By applying such a method the study then investigates the history of the idea of freedom in Iran during one of the most important periods in the evolution of this concept.

The research method is grounded in a hermeneutical...

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Authors: Hashemi, S

• Publication date: 2014
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-ngjzbgk1n
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Subjects: Constitutional & administrative law; History of Ideas; Rights (development); Human rights; Political science; Islam; Intellectual History; Civil Rights