Semantic Transformation of pre-figurative heroes in Iran since 1925 (D16#)

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The project analyses in a comparative perspective the semantic transformation of pre-figurative heroes and discourses of heroicised historical actors in the official historiography of Iran between the Pahlavī-Dynasty (1925-1979) and the Islamic Republic of Iran (since 1979). The systematic evaluation of historiographic text provides insights about hegemonic concepts of morality, societal order, gender configurations as well as collective identities. In the centre of the analysis are therefore strategies of heroisation in the context of political legitimation and societal transformation in Iran.