Historical Studies

Historical Studies

The national consultative assembly: worldly temple of the salvation

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10.30465/hcs.2024.48748.2927
Abstract
The social forces in Iran's constitutional revolution used the images of modern and Shiite political theology at the same time. In the first, the experience of Farang and the progress of the western governments of that time dazzled the eyes of the Qajar kings, Iranian intellectuals and travelers. And the second one belonged to the common people who considered religious speech and religious places as their refuge. The combination of images of worldly happiness with images of religious salvation was realized in the collective action of the masses of people. This differed from elitist readings of the relationship between modern law and sharia. The masses of people came to a new image of a saving new institution and called "The Holy Assembly of the National Council". Using Walter Benjamin's methodology, this article deals with such an experience in the constitutional revolution. From this approach in that revolution, the people's understanding of the " national consultative assembly " was a theological understanding and in order to realize the happiness of this world. They interpreted these institutions using theological images and allegories to bring about change in everyday life. The article concludes that the establishment of the " national consultative assembly " as a sacred institution as well as the "state and provincial associations" by the revolutionaries was a new reading of theology according to the modern experience.
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Volume 16, Issue 1 - Serial Number 31
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