{"id":19380,"date":"2026-10-20T18:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=19380"},"modified":"2026-10-20T18:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:11:23","slug":"the-intellectual-elites-of-bahai-background-in-iran-the-case-study-yadullah-moughen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=19380&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"The intellectual elites of Baha’i background in Iran; the case study: Yadullah Moughen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This note is investigating the position and the function of the intellectual elites of Baha’i background\u201d in the contemporary Iran stressing on case study Yadullal Moughen, the Baha’i<\/a> <\/span>philosopher and translator. The aim is to go beyond a personal look and putting this character in a net of similar figures to achieve a systematic understanding of the relationship among “religious<\/a> <\/span>background\u201d, \u201cforming identity”, “producing cultural investment” and “mechanisms of media representation”.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Introduction:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The problem of Baha’i intellectual elite:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Concerning the study of cults, religions and sociology of elites, the method of forming and reproducing intellectual elites concerning Bahaism movement is a question. This question cannot be answered just by study of characters, but it needs multi-layered and contrastive analysis. The case study of Yadullah Moughen along with other similar characters can be done based on the following axes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I) The relationship between family background and the scientific elections:<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Is there any common pattern between the religious tendencies of family and selecting research subjects, translations and intellectual approaches of these people?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 II) The medium representation:<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which image of these people is presented by the Baha’i community and aligned media?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Are they reminiscing as “cultural investment\u201d and intellectualism symbols after forming and rupture theologically? <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 III) Critics’ narrative: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How do movements opposed to Bahaism exploit this intellectual background and report card in their analyses and criticisms? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Analyzing these cases isn’t merely possible depending on the formal texts of Bahaism and it needs an interdisciplinary approach including elites\u2019 sociology, discourse and cultural studies. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 II) After death narratives: reconstruction of a character:<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After Yadullah Moughen’s death, various reactions showed that a unique character is being reconstructed in some various and sometimes contradictory narrative. These narratives are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A) Moughen, philosopher and translator:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Concentrating on scientific report card, his translations and philosophical specialization; trying to separate scientific character from each kind of religious or political attachment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

B) Moughen, from Baha\u2019i background:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stressing on his religious background and philosophical minority identity; high lighting him as an open-minded person having Baha’i background.<\/strong><\/p>\n

C) Critical Moughen:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Highlighting some of his political and intellectual positions which is different from governmental and governance-related approaches.<\/strong><\/p>\n

D) Under limitation Moughen:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pointing out the security confrontation including investigating his house in 1399 S.H. and displaying the image of an open-minded character being under pressure.<\/strong><\/p>\n

E) Moughen as a symbolic component:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Using his name and photo in foreign media as a symbol to show desirability and position of minorities (particularly the Baha’is) in Iran or vice versa to criticize the current conditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 III) Moughen in Iranian contemporary elite network from Baha\u2019i background (the comparative analysis):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Investigating Yadullah Moughen in vacancy clarifies his personal dimension, merely; but putting him aside other contemporary intellectual figures having the same background (like Aramesh Doustdar) provides the possibility for accessing a “typology” of the intellectual elites which are related to this movement.<\/strong> This comparison shows that “the elites who are from Baha’i background” aren’t a uniform homogeneous block, but they form variant range of identity, political and intellectual tendencies. The comparative analysis of these figures can be problem-solver based on the three following axes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I) Family background and lineage:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Both were born and grown in Baha’i families. However, Aramesh Doustdar left the Baha’i community in 1341 S.H. while there isn’t any information about formal exiting this community by him; although there isn’t any sign of his commitment to special religious movements in his intellectual report card. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 II) The intellectual background and specialized courses:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yadullah Moughen:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He was born in 1327 S.H. in Isfahan city. He got his B.A. degree in physics from the university of Hull, England and his M.S. degree in philosophy history and science from university of Leeds. He concentrated on translation and preaching modern philosophy of the west particularly the symbolic philosophy and science.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Aramesh Doustdar:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He was born in 1310 S. H. in Tehran city. He got his Ph.D. degree in philosophy from Bonn university, Germany writing his thesis about Nietzsche, the is famous culture for criticizing the religious culture fundamentally and posing concepts like \u201cthought refusal” and “religious disposition”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 III) Relating with power structure and rival intellectual movements: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Moughen:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>He was more active in the position of an independent translator and researcher in Iran and remained basically in scientific atmosphere and translation in spite of security-based contact (house investigation).<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Doustdar:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He left Iran after the Revolution and criticized the Iranian culture and policy radically.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The investigation of Yadullah Moughen\u2019s character as a case study presents important indexes about the relationship between \u201cthe religious background” and “producing cultural investment” and “media representation mechanism\u201d. However, generalizing these results needs caution.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: Sarab-e-Haghighat<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Keep in touch with us: \u00a0<\/strong>bahaismiran85@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This note is investigating the position and the function of the intellectual elites of Baha’i background\u201d in the contemporary Iran stressing on case study Yadullal Moughen, the Baha’i philosopher and translator. The aim is to go beyond a personal look and putting this character in a net of similar figures to achieve a systematic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[823,985],"tags":[7201,941,16181,16179,12131,2404,16183],"class_list":["post-19380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-articles","category-slidshow","tag-background","tag-bahai","tag-case-study","tag-elites","tag-intellectual","tag-iran","tag-yadullah-moughen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19382,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19380\/revisions\/19382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}