Virilio, War, and Technology: Some Critical Reflections

Heroes, Cowards, & Traitors: The Crimean War & its Challenge to Russian Autocracy

Russia's defeat in the Crimean War cast new doubt upon the fundamental political traditions, social structures, national myths of the Nikolaevan era. It precipitated wide-ranging reforms, including military reforms, which were predicated on a shift in mentality. This essay examines the new notions of heroism that circulated among Russia's emerging public sphere during and after the war. It anal...

Technophilic hubris and espionage styles during the Cold War.

During the Cold War the United States developed an espionage style that reflected its love affair with technology (technophilia) whereas the Soviet Union and the East Bloc continued a tradition of using humans to collect intelligence. This essay places the origins and development of these espionage styles during the Cold War in historical and social context, and assesses their strengths and wea...

A Critical Study of the Orientalists` Views on the Part of Holy War in Spreading Islam during Prophet`s Lifetime

Rapid spread of Islam in Prophet`s lifetime has attracted the attention of scholars, in particular, that of orientalists. They know the spread of Islam due to numerous agents; yet they know holy war as the main. This paper has presented a classification of orientalists in brief at first and, then, assessed and criticized the view claiming holy war as the main agent. Finally, it deals with the t...

Some Reflections on Intracytoplasmic Morphologically Selected Sperm Injection

سیر تحول نگاه جامعۀ حرفه‌ای به تکنولوژی ساختمان در ایران پس از انقلاب اسلامی (1389-1357) در خلال مطبوعات تخصصی

Islamic revolution with its ideals about independence from foreign forces brought a critical experience about for the professional body of building design to show their qualities in this field especially about building technology which has been of the main concern in modern era. But it is questionable if those ideals have enough roots in visions of the members of architectural society of Iran a...