The roots of politics and political issues in the Armenian social system of Iran (906-1135 AH / 1501-1723)

Agajari, Hashem; Mezinani, Seyed Ali; Rezaei, Mehran; Shahidi, Mohamad

doi:10.30465/acas.2019.2881

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Associate Professor of Tarbiat Modares University

² PhD student of Iranian Islamic History, Tarbiat Modares University

³ PhD student of Iranian Islamic History, University of Tehran

⁴ Senior expert in Iranian Islamic history, Research Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies

https://doi.org/10.30465/acas.2019.2881

Abstract

Between 909 and 1135 AH / 1501 and 1725 CE, the Armenians of the Caucasus, as a small minority of the monarchy of Iran, have been engaged in politics and trade in an era that its major feature was the globalization of economy based on a set of absolutist governments. The fact that how policy making at such a level and such a range had been possible for such a limited population and what kind of political issues shaped their concerns is an essential question. An analysis of this problem through Anthony Giddens's construction theory and its complementary historical sociology makes it clear that the increasing movement of the Armenians social system towards authoritative sources and the new species of resource allocation with high-throughput capability in time-space, actualized such a possibility and, Armenians’ political issues were the result of these sources and were oriented towards the preservation of the sources and focused on their preservatio

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The roots of politics and political issues in the Armenian social system of Iran (906-1135 AH / 1501-1723)

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Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
March 2022
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The roots of politics and political issues in the Armenian social system of Iran (906-1135 AH / 1501-1723)

References

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Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1March 2022Pages 1-22

Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
March 2022
Pages 1-22