Textbooks in Political Science: The Very First Post-Revolutionary Political Science’ Textbooks in Iran

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Regional Studies Department, University of Tehran

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In the post-revolutionary Iran, and due to the emergent Islamic ideals, transformation of the most of the curriculums, among them the Political Science, came into attention. Thus, presumably the textbooks were among the materials which needed to change according to the new norms. Indeed, no one might narrate history of the post-revolutionary political science without exploring this great renovation in textbooks’ authorship. Focusing on the transition years from the Revolution to the establishment of the Council for Cultural Revolution (1979-1984), the present study attempts to explore how have the in-hand textbooks been assessed and reshaped due to the new criterion. Through these years, the committee for political science in the Council, proceeded to compose Some textbooks which were published by the Iran University Press. Exploring and analyzing these textbooks might help to understand the difficulties and achievements. There is no doubt that the quality of the books enhanced, especially in linguistic editing; while, rareness of the texts (only 8) and the length of the publishing process were among the evident problems. So, while the elites in the new-established political system were dubious towards the Humanities disciplines, and simultaneously there was a big expectation for problem-solving through them, one might see the very first scholar struggles in order to renovate the discipline via introducing the new curriculum besides authoring the re-written textbooks as a remedy for such harsh situation. It is noteworthy to say that due to the deficiency of documents and other data, this study was held in exploratory mood.

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  • Receive Date: 28 January 2022
  • Revise Date: 21 March 2022
  • Accept Date: 27 April 2022

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