An Anthropological Study of Iran’s Traditional Economy Crises in Transition to New Situation: A Case Study of Tehran bazaar

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economic fields. Bazzar forces are considered as powerful and effective social and economic actors in contemporary development. During the past half century and facing modernization of Iran’s society, this field has witnessed new changes. The compulsory and unwanted acceptance of consequences of such processes᾽ logic has been the internal fragmentation of Bazaar. This study pursues the aim of providing an answer to the question that what are Bazaar features as a form of traditional economy in transition to new situation era as form a of modern economy? To deal with this question, attempt has been made to determine and analyze the traditional and modern Bazaar formations using the ideal type analytical framework and the transition process. The findings indicate that the present situation is a transitional and constitutes a critical condition for Bazaar. The crises can be analyzed in five layers including institutional, ritual-spiritual rationality, embeddedness, traditional habitus and urban identity. The result of such fragmentations is mostly formation of hybridity forms than establishment of clear and bounded distinctions.  

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Iranian Journal of Anthropological Research
Volume 5, Issue 2 - Serial Number 10
October 2016
Pages 267-286

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