رويكردهاي مورخان قاجاري به اروپا و استعمار

The Qajari Historiansʹ Approaches to Introduce Europe and Western Colonization

تاريخ‌نويسان عصر قاجار از آغاز ورود ايران به ميدان سياست جهاني در سال‌هاي نخست قرن 19م./13ق. با پديد? اروپا و فرنگ روبه‌رو شدند كه به سرنوشت ايران و دولت قاجار مربوط مي‌شد. شناخت اروپا و تمدن جديد غرب براي تاريخ‌نويسان آن دوره دشوار بود، اما آنها به ضرورت زمانه بايد علاوه‌بر آشنايي با دستاوردهاي اقتصادي، نظامي و فكري غرب به برنامه‌هاي استعماري‌شان كه جنب? ديگر تمدن آنها بود نيز توجه مي‌كردند. ازاين‌رو رويكردهاي متفاوت و حتي تك‌بعدي‌اي برگزيدند كه از نبود شناخت درست و دقيق ناشي مي¬شد. اين مقاله به بررسي رويكردهاي تاريخ‌نويسان قاجاري نسبت به اروپا و جنبه‌هاي مختلف تمدن آن مي‌پردازد.

Qajar Historians were among the first generations of Iranian people who in 19th century faced the west as an unknown and vague entity. It was difficult and probably impossible for them to grasp a sound understanding of Europe and western civilization in that time. They ought to draw a right depiction not only of the economic, militaristic and intellectual products of the west, but also of the other face of this civilization, i.e. its colonizing plans. But unfortunately, they werenʹt successful to give a thorough and complete picture of the west. Their approaches to introduce Europe (Farang in their words) were in most cases incomprehensive and inadequate; a natural consequence of their sketchy and vague familiarity with it. The present paper aims to examine these Qajar historiansʹ approaches to Europe, western civilization and its multifarious aspects.