Iranian Association of Cultural Studies & Communication Society Culture Media 2322-3855 8 33 2020 02 20 The question concerning Fake News; Ritual approach to fake news in Iran and the hegemony of instrumental rationality The question concerning Fake News; Ritual approach to fake news in Iran and the hegemony of instrumental rationality 24 35 109294 FA HOSSEIN KERMANI University of Tehran Journal Article 2020 03 03 I am not going to write an abstract for this essay. First, this essay does not comply with the norms of academic papers and, second I challenge the reduction of a whole paper to an abstract as an underpinning and reproduction work of instrumental rationality. However, I discuss the ‘meaning’ of ‘fake news’ in this essay. Then, I question if fake news is a problem in Iran. To this end, I argue that focusing on fake news in Iran is because of the hegemony of instrumental rationality. That is why we focus on fake news in Iran, while it is not a problem in our country. I argue that while it is true that fake news interrupt the knowledge process and even seeking and searching information, in totalitarian socities all news do that work. Finally, I discuss this problem in the light of Hannah Arendt’ work on Human Condition which cannot be summarized here. I am not going to write an abstract for this essay. First, this essay does not comply with the norms of academic papers and, second I challenge the reduction of a whole paper to an abstract as an underpinning and reproduction work of instrumental rationality. However, I discuss the ‘meaning’ of ‘fake news’ in this essay. Then, I question if fake news is a problem in Iran. To this end, I argue that focusing on fake news in Iran is because of the hegemony of instrumental rationality. That is why we focus on fake news in Iran, while it is not a problem in our country. I argue that while it is true that fake news interrupt the knowledge process and even seeking and searching information, in totalitarian socities all news do that work. Finally, I discuss this problem in the light of Hannah Arendt’ work on Human Condition which cannot be summarized here. https://www.jscm.ir/article_109294_c2e538fcd21749b841fab7fe1216e675.pdf