Ali Akbar Dehkhoda's Social Ideas

Iran in Qajar Periods witnessed newfound developments. Foreign interference, poor economic conditions, split between traditional society and modernity were some of main factors in social and political decline. In such situation people like Ali Akbar Dehkhoda who were familiar with western modernity had a major role in intellectual developments among academics and intellectuals in Iran. Dehkhoda as a constitutionalist had a unique role in activities against social corruptions and Above all confronting illiteracy and the public's ignorance in Iran through his poems and other writings. Present article tries to draw out his social ideas and from his works.