The Historical Analogies and a Recognition of the Iran's Nuclear Agreements (2013-2015)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Sedigheh Sheikhzadeh Jooshani ¹
• fatemeh Mirshekarpor ²

¹ Assistant Professor of Political Science at Faculty of Law and Theology, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman

² Graduated of master in political science, Shahid Bahonar University of kerman

https://doi.org/10.22067/irlip.2021.70550.1078

Abstract

Human beings often in confronting with unfamiliar and novel events and situations, attempt to make sence them by comparisons between a present event or situation and a past one. Makesencing a current event or situation by analogizing is a mechanism or cognitive shortcut that cognitive psychology refers to it as Analogical Reasoning (AR). The present study, emphasizing the foreign policy event of  Iran'uclear negotiations and agreements - the P5+1(2013-2015), aims to show how some of political personalities and online media users have understood this event by using historical analogies. The study has used directed qualitative content analysis method for collecting and analyzing data. The findings show that the events of The Resolution 598, The Algies Accords 1981, The nationalization of the Iranian oil industry, The Turkmenchay treaty, The Sa'adabad treaty, The Golestaan treaty, The Paris treaty, Amir Kabir, Arash Kamangir, The Huddaybbiah Peace and The Imam Hassan Peace, are the historical analogies that analogizers invoked them in order to making sense the current event of  Iran's nuclear negotiations and agreements - the P5+1 (2013-2015). The findings show that of the total of 11 historical analogies used by the analogizers, the analogy of Resolution 598 and the Hudaybbiah  Peace, equally with the frequency of 22%, have been the most Popular analogies. The results show there have been an analogical battle between proponents and opponents of Iran's nuclear negotiations and agreements-the the P5+1(2013-2015), that Islamism-Iranism political rhetoric is the device  of this battle.

Keywords

• Cognitive psychology
• Analogy
• Analogical reasoning
• Historical analogy
• Iran's nuclear negotiations and agreements - the P5+_1

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