Gharbzadegi

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book cultural critique

Gharbzadegi is a seminal Iranian philosophical and cultural critique that analyzes the damaging effects of Westernization and cultural dependency on non-Western societies.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ cultural critique ⓘ
aimsTo	promote indigenous development models ⓘ reassert cultural independence ⓘ
analyzes	cultural alienation ⓘ damaging effects of Western influence ⓘ economic dependency on the West ⓘ
associatedWith	Iranian intellectual history ⓘ Islamic Revolution intellectual background ⓘ
author	Jalal Al-e Ahmad NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticizes	Western cultural domination ⓘ loss of indigenous traditions ⓘ uncritical adoption of Western technology ⓘ
critiques	Western capitalism ⓘ cultural imperialism ⓘ modernization theory ⓘ
discusses	industrialization in Iran ⓘ role of intellectuals in society ⓘ rural-urban divide in Iran ⓘ
focusesOn	Iranian society ⓘ non-Western societies ⓘ
genre	essay ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Occidentosis NERFINISHED ⓘ Westoxication NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConceptualInfluenceOn	Islamic political thought in Iran ⓘ critiques of globalization ⓘ
influenced	Ali Shariati NERFINISHED ⓘ Iranian Islamist thinkers ⓘ
intellectualContext	Cold War era debates ⓘ decolonization period ⓘ
keyConcept	Westoxication NERFINISHED ⓘ authenticity of local culture ⓘ cultural self-reliance ⓘ
mainTheme	critique of Westernization ⓘ cultural dependency ⓘ postcolonial critique ⓘ
movement	Third Worldism NERFINISHED ⓘ postcolonial thought ⓘ
originalLanguage	Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation	anti-Westernization ⓘ anti-colonial ⓘ cultural nationalism ⓘ
publicationCentury	20th century ⓘ
regionOfInfluence	Global South NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfCritique	philosophical critique of Western modernity ⓘ

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Jalal Al-e-Ahmad → notableWork → Gharbzadegi ⓘ