Explaining the Foundations of Nationalism in Second Pahlavi Period Architecture; based on the Theory of Changing Artistic Discourse

It is crucial to examine how discourses emerge in the field of architecture and its impact on the quality of people's coexistence or common life. The present study is necessary to understand the impacts of social changes on the process of forming architecture with a new discourse. This study provides a systematic description of the architectural situation of the second Pahlavi period and the impacts of changes in the intellectual foundations of the society on it. The present study examines the changing conditions of artistic discourse in the formation of nationalism in Iran and its impact on the architecture of the second Pahlavi period. The theoretical framework of this study is based on three principles (environmental conditions, institutional contexts, and chains of action) of Robert Wuthnow in creating a new artistic discourse and applying it in the study period. In the next step, it tests three factors of production, selection, and institutionalization as factors of stabilization of a new discourse. The method of the study is based on interpretive-historical method and the written documents in the second Pahlavi period. The results show that the changes in artistic discourse and the tendency toward nationalism in the late Pahlavi II period are comparable with the Wuthnow three principles of social changes in the heart of the society