Journal of Iranian Social Studies

Abstract The prevailing theoretical approach in the historical sociology of Iranian society, while neglecting local and regional history, by presenting a uniform image of society, has removed the component of plurality and diversity both at the national scale and at the regional level. Focusing on the capital cities and centralizing the "government" leads to the neglect of the many institutions and forces that have been influential in the life of Iranian society. This article provides a different analysis of the state of temperament and development in Lorestan Pishkuh and Poshtkuh (Lorestan and Ilam) from the Safavid period to the end of the Pahlavi period, using the Boolean algebra, based on the historical institutionalist method. , Various social institutions and agencies are emphasized. In this narrative, the institutional configuration of Lorestan Poshtkuh and Pishkuh of the studied period with respect to the legacy left from the Safavid period with the description of "institutional and force absence", based on a relatively complex network of interrelationships between institutions in interaction with global conditions, is analyzed. Placed. The argument is that the institutional situation is rooted in previous periods and with its continuity has been able to influence the formation of moods and development of this region. Therefore, it can be argued that the "temperaments" and "underdevelopment" of Lorestan are the result of a temporal combination of causes.