Volume 24 (2024)
Volume 23 (2023)
Volume 22 (2022)
Volume 21 (2021)
Volume 20 (2020)
Volume 19 (2019)
Volume 18 (2018)
Volume 17 (2017)
Volume 16 (2016)
Volume 15 (2015)
Volume 14 (2014)
Volume 13 (2013)
Volume 12 (2012)
Volume 11 (2011)
Volume 10 (2010)

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It should be noted that the papers of the Critical Studies in Texts and Programs of Human Sciences Journal have an extended English abstract and translation of the sources into English from number 112 (September 1402).

It should be noted that the publication sequence of the Critical Studies in Texts and Programs of Human Sciences Journal has been changed from monthly to quarterly since January 2023.

In this publication, currently, only articles related to the fields of "Economy", "Theology and Religions", "History", "Civilization", "Sociology", "Political Sciences", "Jurisprudence and Law", "Philosophy", "Management and Policymaking" and "Science and Technology Studies" will be accepted. It is worth mentioning that the articles that were previously published on topics such as "Anthropology", "Archaeology", "Persian Language and Literature", "Arabic Language and Literature", "Linguistics and Ancient Languages", "Foreign Languages", "Methodology", "Information Science and Epistemology", "Educational Sciences", "Sports Sciences and Physical Education" and "Art" have been received and are in the judging stage, the process of reviewing them will continue and if accepted, they will be published in the future issues, but in the scope of these subjects, new articles are not going to be received.

 


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About Journal

Journal Full Name: Pizhuhish nāmah-i intiqādī-i mutūn va barnāmah hā-yi ̒ulūm-i insāni (Critical Studies in Texts and Programs of Human Sciences)

Websitehttps://criticalstudy.ihcs.ac.ir/?lang=en

Electronic ISSN: 2383-1650

Place of Publication: Iran, Tehran

Publisher: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies

Scientific Management: Council for the Study of Humanities Texts and Books

Initial publication year: 2010

Discipline: Humanities

Sub-Discipline: Interdisciplinary

Specialization or Field of the Journal: Book Review, Theory Review, Curriculum Review

Subject Area of ​​the Journal:  "Economy", "Theology and Religions", "History", "Civilization", "Sociology", "Political Sciences", "Jurisprudence and Law", "Philosophy", "Management and Policymaking" and "Science and Technology Studies"

Journal Language: Persian (English Abstract)

Journal Credit: Scientific (View details)

 Type of Articles: Original Research, Review Paper, Book Review (View details)

Publication Type: Electronic

Publication Period: Quarterly (since January 2023 (Dey 1401))

Costs for Reviewing and Publishing the Article: Yes (View details)

Type of Refereeing: At Least 2 Reviewers, Double-Blind Peer Review (View details)

Initial Screening Time: 10 Days

Refereeing Time: Minimum Three Months to Maximum Six Months

Acceptance Rate:35%

Access to Articles: Free (Full Text)

Access Type: Open Access to PDF

Journal Management System: Powered by Sinaweb

Indexed: Yes (View details)

Journal Ranking by Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology: A Ranking

Status at ISC in 1402: Q3 in Arts and Humanities (see details)

Impact Factor: 0.085

Former Name of the Journal: Quarterly Journal of Humanities

Email Address: criticalstudies@ihcs.ac.ir

Email Address2: criticalstudies3@gmail.com

 

Research History
A Historical Critique of Arab Trade in the Book “Early Islam and the birth of Capitalism”

Hedieh Taghavi

Volume 25, Issue 2 , August 2025, Pages 1-35

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2025.50057.2869

Abstract
  The book “Early Islam and the birth of Capitalism” is significant for the author's historical approach, which attributes the origins of capitalism not to the West, but to the economic and commercial structures of Arab society before and after Islam. However, the historical data, arguments, ...  Read More

Research Sociology
A Critique of the Book "Meaning Culture and Social Life"

Sirwan Mahmoudi; Hamideh Mohammadzadeh; Ali yaghoobi

Volume 25, Issue 2 , August 2025, Pages 37-67

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2025.51205.2912

Abstract
  This article examines and critiques Stuart Hall's book "Meaning, Culture, and Social Life" through a descriptive-analytical method. The main focus of the book is the examination of what meaning, culture, and their relationship with social-political life are. The analysis shows that despite the importance ...  Read More

Research Sociology
A Critical Examination of the Modern Dualistic Perspective in Theories of Humanities and Social Sciences

Mehdi Nourian

Volume 25, Issue 2 , August 2025, Pages 69-93

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2025.50550.2894

Abstract
  The present article seeks to critically analyze the dominant dualistic perspective in most theories of the humanities and social sciences through an interdisciplinary approach inspired by psychoanalysis, sociology, and theoretical mysticism. To do this, it first gives a psychoanalytic narrative of the ...  Read More

Research Sociology
Proposing the Concept of "Crisis Modernity" Based on the Critique and Interpretation of the Book “Reflexive Modernization: Politics, Tradition and Aesthetics in the Modern Social Order”

Salman Sadeghizadeh; Mokhtar Nouri

Volume 25, Issue 2 , August 2025, Pages 95-120

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2025.50481.2892

Abstract
  “Reflexive modernity” is a new concept that has important theoretical implications. This concept was first introduced in a work titled “Reflexive Modernity: Politics, Tradition, and Aesthetics in the Modern Social Order” by Anthony Giddens, Ulrich Beck, and Scott Lash. This article ...  Read More

Research Jurisprudence and Law
John Austin and the Foundation of Jurisprudence as an Independent Science: A Focus on The Book "Province of Jurisprudence Determined"

Mahnaz Bayat Komitaki; Ebrahim Dehnavi

Volume 25, Issue 2 , August 2025, Pages 121-148

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2025.51135.2909

Abstract
  John Austin (1790-1859), an English jurist and legal philosopher, played an unparalleled role in the establishment of jurisprudence as an independent science.  Emphasizing positive law as the object of legal science and the analytical-conceptual method as its method of study, Austin, in his book ...  Read More

Research Management and Policy Making
Purchase Without Need: Analysis and Criticism of Edward Bernays' Engineering of Consent Theory

Mahdi Talebi; Yaghoob Maharati

Volume 25, Issue 2 , August 2025, Pages 149-181

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2025.50345.2884

Abstract
  In an era where competition between businesses to achieve much narrower goals and establishing a two-way relationship with customers is much more difficult, understanding the position of public relations in organizations has a significant impact on their success and failure rates. The history of public ...  Read More

Criticism and analysis of the book "Fundamentals of the Islamic Republic of Iran's constitutional Law"
Volume 18, Issue 5 , September 2018, , Pages 323-339

Abstract
  The importance of this criticism is due to the status of the constitutional law, the constitution and the rule of the Islamic Republic, and the necessity of criticism is also the motivation for the formation of the effect of criticism as a teaching resource for the constitutional law course in law and ...  Read More

The Status of Islamic Education in Human Sciences
Volume 13, Issue 27 , April 2013, , Pages 171-186

Abstract
  Human sciences have lots of deficiency in our educational system. Educational sciences as a part of human sciences, tried to educate efficient people who their talent have to actualize as a sign of god perfection in power. Paying attention to God Commandment is required to be succeed in this affair. ...  Read More

Qualitative Critique and Evaluation of English for Schools (Prospect 1) with an Emphasis on Foreign Language Teaching Methodology
Volume 15, Issue 36 , November 2015, , Pages 179-196

Abstract
  Learning any language has its own specific constraints and problems; English language learning is not an exception. One of the most important problems in learning English language is the quality of textbooks. Since “Prospect 1” is Iranian students’ first formal contact with English ...  Read More

Criticism and analysis of the book “iran contemporary literature (prose)”
Volume 14, Issue 30 , September 2014, , Pages 1-15

Abstract
  In the last three decades after the Islamic Revolution of Iran, a wide variety of books have been written about the contemporaray literature of Iran in both prose and poetry form, each having its own specific characteristics. Among all these books “The Contemporary Literature of Iran- Prose” ...  Read More

The Effect of Hidden Curriculum on the Behavior of Students in Physical Education
Volume 17, Issue 6 , November 2017, , Pages 203-216

Abstract
  The present study aimed at evaluating the impact of hidden curriculum on the behavior of students of physical education and high school students in Tehran. Due to the nature of the subject, the research method was descriptive-analytical. The statistical population of the study was secondary school ...  Read More

Research
Critical analysis of the book "Locke, God, Equality: Foundations of John Locke’s political thought"

fardin moradkhani; Hamid Yahyavi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 28 September 2025

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2025.50325.2887

Abstract
  Jeremy Waldron’s God, Locke, and Equality offers a fresh reading of John Locke’s political philosophy, emphasizing its theological foundations. Waldron argues that equality in Locke’s thought is not merely a legal or political concept but a theological principle, comprehensible only ...  Read More

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