Archaeology
Younes Yousofvand
Abstract
Saymarreh has been one of the important cities of western Iran in early Islamic centuries. Saymarreh city has been investigated in different aspects by scholars from Qajar era up to now. The result of this researches has been published in many books and articles. This document criticizes and reviews ...
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Saymarreh has been one of the important cities of western Iran in early Islamic centuries. Saymarreh city has been investigated in different aspects by scholars from Qajar era up to now. The result of this researches has been published in many books and articles. This document criticizes and reviews one of the newest articles in regard to Saymarreh city. This article has been written by Mohsen Saadati and Hossein Naseri Someah under name of “A glance at the social lifetime of the ancient city of Saymarreh from formation to collapse” that has been published in Journal of Pazhohesh-ha-ye Bastanshenasi Iran No. 22, fall 1398. Precise review and critical evaluation of this article shows that despite its strengths, it has serious shortcomings and drawbacks in terms of form and content. Despite being new, the article has no new findings and it is a repetition of previous researchers' comments about the city of Saymarreh. Time and reason for the extinction of Saymarreh city in this article is the same false hypothesis that has been expressed in previous research.
History
Yazdan Farrokhi
Abstract
The great Prophet of Islam (PBUH) always invited his followers to unity based on Quranic concepts, but the new Umma of the Islamic Foundation, shortly after the death of the Prophet (PBUH), broke away from those teachings, and one of the consequences was the killing of Muslims by each other. The roots ...
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The great Prophet of Islam (PBUH) always invited his followers to unity based on Quranic concepts, but the new Umma of the Islamic Foundation, shortly after the death of the Prophet (PBUH), broke away from those teachings, and one of the consequences was the killing of Muslims by each other. The roots of this disconnection have always been considered by researchers and much research has been done in this field. The aim of this article is to critically evaluate the book "After the Prophet" in which the author has tried to clarify various aspects of the issue in line with previous research and in a different way. To what extent has the method of advancing and conducting this research been successful in explaining the research problem? It seems that the author, while observing the principles of historical research, has used areas such as psychology, cinema, fiction, anthropology and has studied the historical roots of the current crisis of Muslims in the Middle East, especially in Iraq. The result of the present article, which has been done by descriptive-analytical method, shows that the importance of the book under review is, above all, in the interdisciplinary approach and the author's new way of expressing the research problem, which has created a new effect. However, some views have been raised and the methods of advancing the research need to be reviewed.
Sociology
Maryam Esakafi Noghani
Abstract
The book The Decline of Patriarchy, The Collapse of the Family, or the Advent of the Civil Family explores two possibilities in the family situation in Iran, which, according to the author, can exist simultaneously. With a critical approach, he has tried to evaluate policies and plans in the family and ...
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The book The Decline of Patriarchy, The Collapse of the Family, or the Advent of the Civil Family explores two possibilities in the family situation in Iran, which, according to the author, can exist simultaneously. With a critical approach, he has tried to evaluate policies and plans in the family and to find alternatives to the pathology of diagnosis and strategies. This article reviews the critical review of this book. The study of the structure, form, content, and method of research in this book showed that although the subject of the book is a very interesting, new topic and very attractive, there is a lot of research that could be the subject of future research and research dissertations. But this book has fundamental defects in the structure so it seems that while the book's contents are not well-integrated, the main contents are in the first part of the book, and the following sections repeat the first chapter. The content also has conceptual and theoretical contradictions, and the author's allegations do not have reason to believe persuasive arguments and evidence. The methodology also has ambiguities which, despite the title and good subject of the book, are not proposed to the students in the present form.
Philosophy
Hanif Amin Beidokhti
Abstract
Here, I examined the most recent “edition” of Avicenna’s Dānešnāmeh-ye ʿAlāyī published by Mawlā Publishing house. With this aim, I provided an overview of the editorial and publishing genealogy of the Dānešnāmeh, and then of Mawlā’s ...
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Here, I examined the most recent “edition” of Avicenna’s Dānešnāmeh-ye ʿAlāyī published by Mawlā Publishing house. With this aim, I provided an overview of the editorial and publishing genealogy of the Dānešnāmeh, and then of Mawlā’s edition. I considered a number of errors and shortcomings exhibited by the latter, whilst acknowledging some of its merits. Identifying certain systematic flaws in the editorial techniques that inform Mawlā’s edition, on the one hand, and a structural mistake that has entirely ruined one of the main philosophical innovations of the Dānešnāmeh, on the other hand, I detected that Mawlā’s “edition” is an unprofessional reprint of the previous editions done by Moʿīn, Meškāt and Bīneš. I observed that the long preface to the text bears no relation to the Dānešnāmeh, and provides scholars with no useful insight into either Avicennan philosophy or the Dānešnāmeh. Concluding that Mawlā’s “edition” is woefully lacking, I suggest that it has no advantage over the previous standard editions.
Arabic Language and Literature
Sabereh Siavashi; Maryam Alipoor
Abstract
Studying academic and academic books often aims at transforming the quality of education in order to reveal the angles that are hidden from the author’s point of view. One of the books published in the field of comparative literature developed for undergraduate Arabic language and literature students ...
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Studying academic and academic books often aims at transforming the quality of education in order to reveal the angles that are hidden from the author’s point of view. One of the books published in the field of comparative literature developed for undergraduate Arabic language and literature students is the book Aladb al-Moghrannfi Iran and Al-Alam al-Arabi (1903-2012) by Heydar Khezri, published by Sindi Publications. This book is important because it introduces new schools of comparative literature and examines them. Hence, this study examines the book in two parts of the form and content and examines the privileges and drawbacks in each section. Among the results are: Although the author has written his first work in this field, the book has a good coherence, so that the reader is well versed in the study of the book with comparative literature, especially in the field of two Persian and Arabic Literature. In addition, the noteworthy mention of the book is that this work has taken a new step in identifying new schools and theories in the field of comparative literature than other works written in this field, while avoiding repeated repetition, innovation has struck.
Linguistics and Ancient Languages
Ramin Golshaie
Abstract
This article presents a critical review of the Farsi translation of the book Metaphor authored by David Punter. The book was translated into Farsi by Mohammad Mehdi Moghimizadeh and published by Elm publications. In this book, Punter explores the role of metaphor in different aspects of human knowledge, ...
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This article presents a critical review of the Farsi translation of the book Metaphor authored by David Punter. The book was translated into Farsi by Mohammad Mehdi Moghimizadeh and published by Elm publications. In this book, Punter explores the role of metaphor in different aspects of human knowledge, from literature, philosophy, and religion to politics and psychoanalysis. The translated version of the book was evaluated in terms of both form and content. Form evaluation included technical, organizational and editorial characteristics of the book, and content evaluation assessed the quality and accuracy of translation and equivalents. Including a section titled “Translator’s endnotes” in the translated version, footnoting technical terms and proper names, and fluent language are among the merits of the book. On the other hand, the existence of typographical errors, use of inaccurate equivalents, inconsistent use of equivalents, insufficient command of the source language grammar, and distortion of metaphors during the process of translation are the drawbacks of the book. The book has the potential to open up new horizons to Farsi readership, especially for those who have a background within the domain of metaphor and critical studies. A better understanding of examples and metaphors discussed, however, would require the readers to refer back to the original version of the book.
Methodology
Fatemeh Javadzadeh Shahshahani
Abstract
After the approval of the title of “Philosophy of Science in Psychology” as a two-credit course for undergraduate university students of psychology, several textbooks were developed with a similar title. The most recent textbook, by Dr. Khosro Bagheri was published by the Organization for ...
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After the approval of the title of “Philosophy of Science in Psychology” as a two-credit course for undergraduate university students of psychology, several textbooks were developed with a similar title. The most recent textbook, by Dr. Khosro Bagheri was published by the Organization for Researching and Composing University Textbooks in the Humanities. Taking these two points into consideration, the current book is introduced and evaluated; however, its modification and completion in the next edition will certainly provide an opportunity for a unique textbook to be developed in philosophy of psychology. In the present study, after the introduction of different chapters of “Philosophy of Psychology Science”, the book is evaluated from several angles, including (the appearance, title, consistency with the approved course of this credit, appropriateness with the approved syllables of the relevant courses, and the appropriateness of books with similar books). The evaluation result indicate that the present book “Philosophy of Psychology Science” which is written by Khosro Bagheri, as a textbook of “Philosophy of Psychology Science”, has many advantages; however, it revision in the next edition in terms of name, volume, chapter numbers, title and content, is needed in order for it to be matched well with the developed topics for this course. Finally, one suggestion would be offered, improving the philosophy of psychology science course and some reasons for that.
Foreign Languages
Abolfazl Khodamoradi
Abstract
The materials which are produced to be used at national level are of great importance since they are supposed to feed a wide range of audience. Therefore, critical review of such materials is among the critics’ priorities. In this review article, the newly-published English language materials for ...
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The materials which are produced to be used at national level are of great importance since they are supposed to feed a wide range of audience. Therefore, critical review of such materials is among the critics’ priorities. In this review article, the newly-published English language materials for grade ten in Iran including the textbook, workbook, and CD will be analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. After reviewing the history of producing such materials in the previous periods, the current work was analyzed in terms of its structure and theoretical framework. Then, its content was analyzed via comparing its elements with those of the communicative approach as the mainstream framework in the realm of language teaching. The analyses indicated that, considering the wide range of audience, the current work is in urgent need of revision if it intends to meet the objectives of foreign language learning in the curriculum.
Arabic Language and Literature
nadiya dadpour; Mohammad Khaqani Isfahani
Volume 18, Issue 11 , January 2019, , Pages 37-59
Abstract
Critical analysis increases the efficiency of considered text in different aspects. They reveal positive and negative features of the text. Rhetoric books are no exception from this evaluation. Evaluating rhetoric books is important due to two points: Enhancing/Improving quality of educational ...
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Critical analysis increases the efficiency of considered text in different aspects. They reveal positive and negative features of the text. Rhetoric books are no exception from this evaluation. Evaluating rhetoric books is important due to two points: Enhancing/Improving quality of educational rhetoric books and finding modern rhetoric viewpoints and comparing them with other rhetoric results. The purpose of this article is to evaluate lessons of Arabic rhetoric toward a new idea from two perspectives: Efficiency level in rhetoric as well academic education. The method of analysis is analytic and descriptive. The paper aims to analyze the positive and negative aspects of the book by first reporting the context of the book. In addition, it aims to show AlAzhar’s book view for academic tuition all over the world. The results of this research show the book "Lessons of Arabic Rhetoric toward a New Idea", has compounded classic rhetoric with modern masterful rhetoric discovery. However, the frame of the book turns around classic rhetoric. This book can be taught in basic levels (BA) as a main source and in high levels (MA) as a derivative source. Although the writer has done his best, he has not paid attention to some classic rhetoric discussions.
Sociology
gholamreza sedighouraee; Maryam Eskafi Noghani
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to explain the main criticisms of the main propositions in the book “The Rules of the Methodology of Sociology” by Emile Durkheim. The content of this famous book, one of the basic books in sociology, suggests that Durkheim has attempted to introduce sociology as ...
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The aim of this paper is to explain the main criticisms of the main propositions in the book “The Rules of the Methodology of Sociology” by Emile Durkheim. The content of this famous book, one of the basic books in sociology, suggests that Durkheim has attempted to introduce sociology as a science with a subject and method independent of other sciences, and to show that this Science is an experimental science. He described his views on this topic in six chapters in this book. Some of the contents of this book are in different chapters, although it is for the purpose of proving what was said, it also contains the material that can be considered as a confession of Durkheim’s confession against his perception that is referred to in this article. And, in some cases Durkheim has used words which could disclose others' perceptions of his point of view. In some cases, Durkheim has fallen victim to misleading concepts that do not criticize his ideas, and in some cases the concepts and meanings are not clear.
Methodology
Mohammad Reza Taghavi; Seyed Saeid Zahed
Volume 17, Issue 2 , September 2017, , Pages 19-36
Abstract
The aim of the present study was a review of “Conceptual Creative Realism” as a methodological model of Islamic science (Iman & Kelateh Sadati, 1392). The model had some strong points including a new presentation of science structure as well as a new definition congruent with the Islamic ...
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The aim of the present study was a review of “Conceptual Creative Realism” as a methodological model of Islamic science (Iman & Kelateh Sadati, 1392). The model had some strong points including a new presentation of science structure as well as a new definition congruent with the Islamic point of view entered in a new paradigm. Besides, the model defined hierarchy of knowledge in different ways where the God’s laws would be at the top of this hierarchy. Reality is further up observations and objective experiences as well as the correct criterion defined according to Islamic direction. o On the contrary, the model had some drawbacks including speaking in general, not specified, and missing links between the different concepts, as well as having ambiguity responding how we can specify the borders between different knowledge sources such as sensation experiences, wisdom, and intuition. In sum, the evaluated model seems to be an effective model which contributes to the Islamic science.
Economy
Fatemeh Mehraban
Volume 17, Issue 3 , September 2017, , Pages 93-112
Abstract
This paper reviews the concepts mentioned in the book "Economics for Everyone", and provides a critical view on the content of the book. The emphasis of the book and the author's reasons for writing the book is that there is not enough exchange of information between economic students and populace about ...
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This paper reviews the concepts mentioned in the book "Economics for Everyone", and provides a critical view on the content of the book. The emphasis of the book and the author's reasons for writing the book is that there is not enough exchange of information between economic students and populace about economic issues. Although the book presents difficult and complex economic concepts in macroeconomics for public community through simple,, eloquent, and fluent language, the book ., the book does not seem suitable for those people people who lack the knowledge of economy because they need to know the assumptions and concepts in this field. Furthermore, overemphasis on the simplification of the concepts has led the author to neglect many of the prerequisite concepts. This leads to the reduced cohesion andlogical arrangement in details.Despite the overall coherence and the presentation of the analysis based on the neo-classical view, it seems that the review and reorganization of work in such a way that the reader can understand the relationship between the concepts listed and the course bookhelps to increase the coherence of the book.
Linguistics and Ancient Languages
Ahmad Ramezani; Sasan Asadpour
Volume 16, Issue 41 , January 2017, , Pages 175-197
Abstract
This paper aims at depicting the importance of research on core vocabulary and reviewing critically “Farsi Core Vocabulary of Iranian Children” and “Identifying Farsi Core Vocabulary: a National Project” through psychological, linguistic, methodological and educational ...
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This paper aims at depicting the importance of research on core vocabulary and reviewing critically “Farsi Core Vocabulary of Iranian Children” and “Identifying Farsi Core Vocabulary: a National Project” through psychological, linguistic, methodological and educational viewpoints. At first, the importance of core vocabulary and the history of developing the book are mentioned. Then, the description and analysis follow. The chapters are reviewed very briefly. Then, the methodology used for estimating the core vocabulary (the subtests administered in the main project) and the philosophy of their classification are analyzed in details.
