The Politician Mystic
It has been said that the human has a theoretical nous which is "perception" and the practical nous which actualizes the reasonable functions, but we say that action is needed in both functions and the theoretical nous depends on the practical one in a way that the practical nous depends on the theoretical one and action is needed in a theory which is perception and knowledge.I wanted to write about mother but …
The following note is a heart written by Fahrad Famili's sister that we have received from a long distance.The Island Dogs
We met each other on the football pitch, playing soccer in our rubber boots and on muddy fields. They were in one team, and we were in their opposing team: operational intelligence servicemen vs. artillery lookouts.The Necessities of Setting up the Center for Persian Gulf Oral History
The Name of Persian Gulf in the history of Iran is the result of a multi-thousand-year cultural record which today is undoubtedly our most important strong point in comparison with the Arab neighbors.A Different Language in Teaching History
Today, history and historiography has found its way into many other disciplines. For instance, we find books with titles such as the history of mathematics, music, chemistry, language, psychology, industries, inventions, philosophy, religion, civilization, book, historiography, and many others with history in their titles.Labor Movements in Mashad and Oral History Researches
The reviewing of Mashad's contemporary history and studying of the role of different groups and unions represent the political activities of the society's middle layers after Shahrivar 1320 (September 1941).Importance and Status of Oral Approach in Historical Studies
History is the collective action of men in the past times, and science considers the recognition and analysis of these actions in line with improving the human's life at present. Recognition and analysis of the human's past action is conducted by the historians, and historians carry out this important task through analyzing the documents.“Oral Histories: The Most Overlooked Public Relations Tool”
Written histories are widely recognized as integral parts of corporate culture. But, as Levi Strauss, the Louis Martini Winery and other companies are discovering, oral histories also can be valuable public relations, advertising and marketing strategies because they represent "the life of the company."A Prolegomena to Some Theoretical and Functional Problems of Oral History
Although, there is lots of information from the close past, some parts of its mechanism in producing and transferring documents have always been noted and criticized.A Childhood Memento5- A Memoir by Dr. Anvar Khame’ee
was the best student in class. Four or five months after the beginning of the school year, when I just learnt a couple of alphabet letters, I became bald....
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