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A Modified Form of the Concept of Culture
Based on the Principles of Transcendental Philosophy
Meysam Sedaghat Zadeh / PhD student of culture and relation, Bagherol Ulum University
Received: 2014/12/12 - Accepted: 2015/04/23
Abstract
Some scholars argue that the concept of "culture" is one of the most difficult and yet most important concepts of the human sciences. This concept has undergone many changes in the West, and it is still a source of ambiguity, and based on various principles and historical contexts, it has several interpretations. Given the importance of this concept in the religious literature of the Islamic Republic, considerable attention should be given to it. Therefore, explaining the development process of the concept of culture in France, Germany, Great Britain and Russia, this paper, through a historical method, seeks to modify the concept of culture within the context of transcendental philosophy which is regarded as the theoretical basis of the Islamic Revolution and its leaders' view. This task has been accomplished on the basis of a rational argument. According to this viewpoint, through their unity collectively with the degrees of existence and manifesting these meanings in their behaviors and decorum, people create the culture which represents a retrograde step of meaning to common understanding and shared behaviors and social actions.
Keywords: culture, transcendental philosophy, human, society, unity between the knower and the known, Bildung, civilization.
The Discourse on the Localization of Science and Social Structures
(The Suitable Model of Establishment of the Institution Sociology inside the Social Structures of Iran)
Ali Hossein Hosseinzadeh / Associate Professor of Social Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
Karim Reza Dust / Associate Professor of Social Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
Mohammad Ali Mubini / MA Student of Social Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
Iraj Mubini / MA Student of Fiqh and Law, Payame Noor University of Qom
Received: 2014/12/04 - Accepted: 2015/04/15
Abstract
Until now the discourse on the localization sociology has been considered in the abstract and no attention has been given to the relationship between the institution of sociology and social institutions. This research seeks to investigate the social grounds required for the localization of sociology in Iran by passing through the dualism of epistemology which governs the realm of sociology of science and offer a suitable model of establishment of the institution of sociology inside social structures. Using a qualitative-documental method and investigating the suitable way of the development of (universal-based living of sociology and its interaction with social institutions), this research designates the crux of the problem of localization the human sciences with emphasis on sociology in Iran. The discourse on localization of sociology, regardless of the way it is defined, should look for solutions for improving the establishment of the institution of sociology in Iran. In other words, if, according the different definitions, the localization of sociology is to be fulfilled in Iran, the relationship and interaction of the institution of science and structures with social institutions and also development of universal-based living of science cannot be ignored.
Key words: localization, universal-based living of science, the interaction of institution of science with social institutions, institution of sociology.
The Conceptual Model of the Levels of
Influence of Islamic Teachings on Cultural Policy-making
Hossein Khanifar / Associate Professor of Pardis Farabi, Tehran University hkhanifar@yahoo.com
@ Maysam Aghdaghi / PhD Student of Governmental Management of Pardis Farabi, Tehran University
Received: 2014/12/07 - Accepted: 2015/04/18
Abstract
The strong relationship between religion and culture specially the decisive role of religious teachings in the development of culture, highlights the necessity of studying the systematic influence of these teachings on cultural policy-making. Elucidating the complex topic of cultural policy-making, this paper introduces and analyzes three levels of the influence which Islamic doctrines have on policy-making. In the first level, religious teachings help policy-making in the stage of evaluation and choosing a strategy from the available suggestions and options. In the second level, religious doctrines which represent a valuable repository of knowledge are referred to as a source for selection and policy-making. In the third level, which is the deepest level in this model, the issue is analyzed basically on the basis of religious doctrines so that policy-makers may spend their time and money on more important matters. Finally, it is suggested that the institutions in charge of cultural policy-making specially the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution compare their present strategy process with this three-level model, and, if necessary, promote the level of applying religious doctrines.
Key words: cultural policy, culture, general policy, Islam, process model, decision-making.
The Eclectic Theory of Habermas
Iraj Sohrabi / MA Student of Sociology, Payame’ Noor University
Maryam Eskafi / Assistant Professor of Sociology and Faculty Member of Islamic University, Gonabad
Received: 2014/12/24 - Accepted: 2015/05/05 meskafi@yahoo.com
Abstract
The theory of Habermas is all-embracing and multi-dimensional. In fact this theory is a supplementary version to the theories of contemporary classical scholars. He has included the ideas of many sociologists into his theory. Also, the trace of many theoreticians, philosophers, and psychologists are detected in Habermas’ thoughts. A study of Habermas’s books and articles and the works which have written about this famous great sociologist shows that the main concepts of his theories are based on the views of some classical scholars, such as Max Weber, Emil Durrheim, Carle Marks, Frankfurt school and critical School. This paper deals with the way Habermas makes use of Weber and Marks’s theories and finally it sheds light on his integrative theory.
Key words: eclectic theory, Habermas, Frankfurt School, critical school.
A Fiqhi Review of Creating False Needs
with Emphasis on Its Social Consequences
Taher Ali Mohammadi / associate professor of Ilam University tahghighat@chmail.ir
Abdol Jabbar Zargush Nasab / assistant professor of Ilam University
Arer Bashiri / MA student of Jurisprudence and principles of Islamic Law Ilam University
Received: 2014/12/19 - Accepted: 2015/04/21
Abstract
Creating false needs is among the immoral socio-cultural results of commercial advertisements shown by commercial companies. To establish a guideline for advertisement and creating demand, acquaintance with people's needs and demands is a basic principle of business advertisement in a competition. Most companies takes into regard such things, like morals, culture, values and spirit of easy life in order to achieve their economic goals. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the various aspects of marketing from a fiqhi view point. Using a descriptive-analytical method and defining the concept of creating false needs and its position in the paradigms of consumer behavior and in marketing and socio-cultural work, this paper seeks to investigate and set the key criteria of Islamic law by resting on the fatwas of religious authorities and traditions of the infallible. The research results indicate that offering a vast variety of products, excessive advertisements and provoking materialistic and western values has a key role in exerting negative effects on society and culture. Regarding creating false needs while observing the criteria of Islamic law, advertisement of luxury goods have little effect on the emergence of negative social and cultural phenomena.
Keywords: commercials, creating false needs, social effects, Islamic fiqh.
The Effect of Parents' Socio-Economic Status
on the Piety of their Children
Jaber Mirza Poori / PhD student of sociology, Tehran Science and Research Branch mirzapouri_j@yahoo.com
Received: 2014/12/03 - Accepted: 2015/04/14
Abstract
In this survey 339 pre-university students were chosen from the city of Shiraz to examine the effect of parents' economic-social status on the level and aspects of the piety of their children.
The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were measured by face validity and Cronbach's alpha (0.71). The analysis of the findings shows that the respondents differ in the extent of their piety regarding the aspects of religious beliefs, faith, morality, worship and religious obligations. There is a meaningful relationship between parents' educational standard and their children's piety. When parents' income rises, the level of their children's piety falls. The kind of piety of children differs according to the different socio-economic status of their parents. In other words, at every level of socio-economic status, a particular aspect of piety is dominant; the higher the parents' socio-economic status, the lower the level of children’s piety.
Keywords: socio-economic status, parents, extent of piety, dimensions of piety.
