Power Structure and Values on the Behavior of Iranians By Content Analysis of Guilds Fotowwat-namas

Development and finding a way to overcome the problems is a long-term obsession and one of the important challenges of Iran Especially after Islamic Revolution. After the Qajar era, the long distance of the Iranian nation and the great powers in terms of development has raised questions for the Iranians. In fact Iran's civilization and cultural experience raise expectations in that matter. One of the common approaches argues that today's problems are rooted in Iran's history and culture. This approach with emphasis on correlations between despotism structure and moral values of society believes that despotism In Iran Leads to egoistic values and thus Lack of Causes of development such as altruism values, participation and convergence. Enjoying historical approach, this article, tries to describe the mood of Iranians By content analysis of Guilds Fotowwat-namas examined the mentioned hypothesis. The results of this study indicate that there is no correlation between political despotism and egoism and social values. The results can be utilized as an introduction in the field of culture and development studies.