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Gharbzadegi in Iran: A Reactionary Alternative to ‘Development’?

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  • Aram Ziai

    (University of Kassel)

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Post-development theory usually engages with examples from Latin America and India and investigates alternative concepts and practices by progressive social movements. This article addresses a post-development concept which originates in Iran, Gharbzadegi or occidentosis, which after the Islamic revolution in 1979 was promoted by the anti-Western Iranian government. It argues that the instrumentalization by right-wing governments should not distract from the emancipatory potential of post-development concepts.

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  • Aram Ziai, 2019. "Gharbzadegi in Iran: A Reactionary Alternative to ‘Development’?," Development, Palgrave Macmillan;Society for International Deveopment, vol. 62(1), pages 160-166, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:develp:v:62:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1057_s41301-019-00221-4
    DOI: 10.1057/s41301-019-00221-4
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