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شیعیگری
356 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2011
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احمد کسروی
53 books211 followersAḥmad Kasravī
Born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, Kasravi was an Iranian Azari. Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Persian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric."
It was in Tbilisi where he first became acquainted with a wide spectrum of political ideas and movements, and he soon was employed by the government of Iran in various cultural posts.
A prolific writer, Kasravi was very critical of both the Shi'a clergy and of the policies of the central government. He had liberal views on religion, was a strong supporter of democracy, and expressed them in satirical pamphlets like What Is the Religion of the Hajis with Warehouses? that infuriated many readers. His views earned him many powerful enemies such as Ayatollah Khomeini.
His detailed account of the Constitutional Revolution still stands out as one of the most important sources on the events, even though Kasravi was a teenager at the time of the revolution and cannot claim the full authority of a contemporary witness that his writing at times suggests.
Kasravi is known for his solid research work on the ancient Azari language and origin of the Azerbaijani people. He showed that the ancient Azari language was an offshoot of Pahlavi language. Due to this discovery, he was granted the membership of London Royal Asiatic Society and American Academy.
Arguing that ancient Azari language had been closely related to Persian language and the influx of Turkic words began only with the Seljuq invasion, Ahmad Kasravi believed that true national language of Iranian Azerbaijan was Persian and therefore advocated the linguistic assimilation of Persian in Azarbaijan.
In 1927-8 Ahmad Kasravi led the way in establishing the ancestry of the Safavids dynasty with the publication of three influential articles and disputed the validity of the `official' Safavid family tree contained in the Safvat al-Safa, and argued convincingly that the ancestors of Shaykh Safi al-Din, who founded the Safavid Order (tariqa), were indigenous inhabitants of Iran and were of pure Aryan stock. Today, the consensus among Safavid historians is that the Safavid family hailed from Persian Kurdistan.
On March 11, 1946, while being tried on charges of "slander against Islam," Kasravi and one of his assistants were knifed and killed in open court in Tehran by followers of Navvab Safavi, a Shi'a extremist cleric who had founded a terrorist organization called the Fadayan-e Islam (literally Devotees of Islam). The same group had failed in assassinating Kasravi earlier in April 1945 in Tehran. Ayatollah Borujerdi and Ayatollah Sadr[who?:] issued fatwas for killing Ahmad Kasravi
Born in Hokmabad (Hohmavar), Tabriz, Iran, Kasravi was an Iranian Azari. Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Persian Constitutional Revolution. He experienced a sort of conversion to Western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of Halley's comet. He abandoned his clerical training after this event and enrolled in the American Memorial School of Tabriz. Thenceforward he became, in Roy Mottahedeh's words, "a true anti-cleric."
It was in Tbilisi where he first became acquainted with a wide spectrum of political ideas and movements, and he soon was employed by the government of Iran in various cultural posts.
A prolific writer, Kasravi was very critical of both the Shi'a clergy and of the policies of the central government. He had liberal views on religion, was a strong supporter of democracy, and expressed them in satirical pamphlets like What Is the Religion of the Hajis with Warehouses? that infuriated many readers. His views earned him many powerful enemies such as Ayatollah Khomeini.
His detailed account of the Constitutional Revolution still stands out as one of the most important sources on the events, even though Kasravi was a teenager at the time of the revolution and cannot claim the full authority of a contemporary witness that his writing at times suggests.
Kasravi is known for his solid research work on the ancient Azari language and origin of the Azerbaijani people. He showed that the ancient Azari language was an offshoot of Pahlavi language. Due to this discovery, he was granted the membership of London Royal Asiatic Society and American Academy.
Arguing that ancient Azari language had been closely related to Persian language and the influx of Turkic words began only with the Seljuq invasion, Ahmad Kasravi believed that true national language of Iranian Azerbaijan was Persian and therefore advocated the linguistic assimilation of Persian in Azarbaijan.
In 1927-8 Ahmad Kasravi led the way in establishing the ancestry of the Safavids dynasty with the publication of three influential articles and disputed the validity of the `official' Safavid family tree contained in the Safvat al-Safa, and argued convincingly that the ancestors of Shaykh Safi al-Din, who founded the Safavid Order (tariqa), were indigenous inhabitants of Iran and were of pure Aryan stock. Today, the consensus among Safavid historians is that the Safavid family hailed from Persian Kurdistan.
On March 11, 1946, while being tried on charges of "slander against Islam," Kasravi and one of his assistants were knifed and killed in open court in Tehran by followers of Navvab Safavi, a Shi'a extremist cleric who had founded a terrorist organization called the Fadayan-e Islam (literally Devotees of Islam). The same group had failed in assassinating Kasravi earlier in April 1945 in Tehran. Ayatollah Borujerdi and Ayatollah Sadr[who?:] issued fatwas for killing Ahmad Kasravi
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February 18, 2018
به همهی دوستان پیشنهاد میشه این کتاب رو بخونند و طبق گفته ی آقای کسروی ، داوری کنند.
August 19, 2020
شیعیگری، اثر ارزشمند دانشمند و تاریخدان برجسته احمد کسروی است که جان خود را در راه روشنگری و آزاد اندیشی داد. کتاب شیعیگری سعی کرده زمینه های تاریخی پیدایش شیعیگری را واکاوی کند و تغییراتی که به مرور در آن ایجاد شده را بررسی کند. کسروی از نگاه یک اصلاحگر اجتماعی زمینه های مختلف شیعیگری امروز از جمله مراسم محرم، برداشت های قرانی و ... مورد انتقاد قرار داده و در آخر از خواننده سوالاتی پرسیده که زمینه ی تفکر در اعتقادات ایجاد شود . خود کسروی در ابتدای کتاب از خواننده میخواهد کتاب را چند بار بخواند زیرا پیش بینی می کند خواننده ی معتقد در بار اول دچار شوک خواند شد.
نویسنده اسلام را به عنوان یک دین آسمانی و الهی پذیرفته و سپس انتقاد از شیعه گری را آغازسده است. که به نظر فرض بسیار هوشمندانه ای برای خرافات زدایی قدم به قدم از جامعه ای است که تا بن دندان درگیر انواع خرافات است.
زبان این کتاب بسیار ساده و قابل فهم است و مانند مقاله های روزنامه بارها خواننده را مخاطب قرار می دهد یا افرادی را نادان خطاب می کند . هر چند این لحن در جستارهای علمی خیلی قابل قبول نیست ولی با نگاه به زمانه ی کسروی و رسالتی که اوبرای مقابله با خرافات بر دوش خود میدیده خیلی هم کار ناپسندی به نظر نمی رسد.
محمد امینی این کتاب را به دقت حاشیه نویسی کرده است و نقاط ضعف نسخه ی اصلی را با تکمیل استدلال ها و اطلاعات وشتیبان برطرف کرده است. در بسیاری از جاها از استدلال های کسروی انتفاد کرده و با استناد به تاریخ حقیقت برای خوانننده روشن میشود.
بنده این کتاب رو بسیار مفید یافتم.
نویسنده اسلام را به عنوان یک دین آسمانی و الهی پذیرفته و سپس انتقاد از شیعه گری را آغازسده است. که به نظر فرض بسیار هوشمندانه ای برای خرافات زدایی قدم به قدم از جامعه ای است که تا بن دندان درگیر انواع خرافات است.
زبان این کتاب بسیار ساده و قابل فهم است و مانند مقاله های روزنامه بارها خواننده را مخاطب قرار می دهد یا افرادی را نادان خطاب می کند . هر چند این لحن در جستارهای علمی خیلی قابل قبول نیست ولی با نگاه به زمانه ی کسروی و رسالتی که اوبرای مقابله با خرافات بر دوش خود میدیده خیلی هم کار ناپسندی به نظر نمی رسد.
محمد امینی این کتاب را به دقت حاشیه نویسی کرده است و نقاط ضعف نسخه ی اصلی را با تکمیل استدلال ها و اطلاعات وشتیبان برطرف کرده است. در بسیاری از جاها از استدلال های کسروی انتفاد کرده و با استناد به تاریخ حقیقت برای خوانننده روشن میشود.
بنده این کتاب رو بسیار مفید یافتم.
July 16, 2024
دربارهی خود کتاب به صورت سربسته گفتم.اینجا فقط باید اشاره کنم به کار عظیم محمد امینی.این حاشیه نویسی حدود ۶۷سال بعد از نوشتن کتاب اصلی اتفاق افتاده.و به طرز عجیبی کامل و دقیقه.اصلا جدا از محتوا،ایشون تقریبا برای هرچیزی که در کتاب بوده حاشیه نوشتن.از مفاهیمی مثل "طی الارض" و "زکات" گرفته تا شخصیتهای مختلف دینی و تاریخی و سرگذشتهاشون و روایتهاشون و غیره.خیلی کار عظیم و خفنی بوده.و به نوعی "فکت چک" هم انجام داده و بعضی جاها روایت یا نظر کسروی رو با دلیل رد کرده.
در انتهای کتاب هم چند بخش جذاب اضافه کرده.فرهنگ لغات استفاده شده توسط کسروی،وقایعنگار شیعهگری در دوبخش،وقایعنگار زندگی کسروی.
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در انتهای کتاب هم چند بخش جذاب اضافه کرده.فرهنگ لغات استفاده شده توسط کسروی،وقایعنگار شیعهگری در دوبخش،وقایعنگار زندگی کسروی.
واقعا زحمت زیادی کشیده اقای امینی برای این کتاب
December 29, 2018
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September 28, 2025
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