This article tries to formulate the diverse forms of Iranian confrontation with the Western
civilization by focusing on the modernity as the most important aspect of this civilization. For
this purpose, the article is focused primarily on the concept of modernism as the most
important effect of Western civilization at least in terms of representation in Iranian society;
then, the whole confrontation of Iranian society with Western civilization is classified under
three topic of West fascination, West selection and West aversion using interpretive method …