National Studies Journal

Explaining the Relationship between Religious and National Identity (Student Teachers of Farhangian University in East Azarbaijan Province)

davood ghasemzade; Homa Rahmani

Volume 24, Issue 96 , March 2024, , Pages 33-48

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  The current state of global communication, the development and growth of technologies, the continuous cultural encounters and etc, has caused identity to become the main issue in social ...  Read More The current state of global communication, the development and growth of technologies, the continuous cultural encounters and etc, has caused identity to become the main issue in social studies in various dimensions, including religious and national identity. This is especially important in Farhangian University, which is the heart of the country's education and responsible for the education of the country's future generation. This study has been carried out with the aim of explaining the relationship between the national and religious identity of the student teachers of Farhangian University of East Azarbaijan, which is practical in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlational in terms of method. The statistical population of the study was all of student teachers in the academic year of 2023-24 in the number of 3990 people, the sample size was 351 people according to Morgan's table and proportionally including 141 female students and 210 male students that were selected by available sampling method. The research tool consists of two standard questionnaires of national and religious identity. Regarding the validity of the tool, face validity was used and the reliability of the tools was calculated using Cronbach's alpha test, 0.853 and 0.864 respectively. Pearson's correlation coefficient test and structural equations were used to analyze the data. The findings of the research indicate the high level of religious and national identity among student teachers in East Azerbaijan province. Also, this research showed that religious identity and its dimensions have a direct and significant correlation with national identity among student teachers.

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Linguistic Identity: An Overview of the Persian Textbooks Narration from Persian Poetry

maryam Daneshgar

Volume 24, Issue 95 , October 2023, , Pages 87-109

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  This article is about Persian poems as a part of literature and a vital and effective identity factor among other identity factors. There is a demand to plan professionally on utilizing ...  Read More This article is about Persian poems as a part of literature and a vital and effective identity factor among other identity factors. There is a demand to plan professionally on utilizing Persian poems as a significant educational tool due to these facts: identical and cultural values of a poem, the educational role of poems in learning a language and developing language and literary skills, and high usage of textbooks among children and young adults. In this paper we analyze the Persian poems in textbooks by posing questions about the manner of mentioning some poets and their poems in textbooks, the number of poems in comparison with the proses, the attitude of choosing a poem, and the impact of the era of composing a poem while selecting the poems. The statistical sample of this research consists of Persian (Farsi) and writing (Negaresh) textbooks for all twelve grades of school. The results of this paper demonstrate that there is not enough professional attentiveness to the use of a poem and its educational role in textbooks. Moreover, the textbooks are not based on a logical plan and the current educational program is not proper enough for the merits of Persian poems. Firstly, it is suggested to create a comprehensive plan for all of the twelve grades as a guide for the deployment of literary texts. Creating a guide for utilizing literary texts will provide logical and professional planning for applying all of the potentials of Persian literature in language learning and learning skills.

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The Four Dimensions of Iranian Identity in Manifesto of Islamic University

khosrow qobadi

Volume 24, Issue 95 , October 2023, , Pages 113-143

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  The following article includes the results of a conducted study and comparison on the amount of attention paid to each of the four dimensions of Iranian identity (i.e religious, modern, ...  Read More The following article includes the results of a conducted study and comparison on the amount of attention paid to each of the four dimensions of Iranian identity (i.e religious, modern, national, ethnic) in the Manifesto of the Islamic University. The article explores how these four identities are positioned within the government document, and investigates the relationship between conflict, escape and acceptance of these four layers of identity in the Manifesto of Islamic University as its main question. The study employs a qualitative content analysis methodology to identify words and phrases that indicate the four identities. Since the balancing the four identities is a challenge, particularly in relation to the tension between modern and religious identity in the manifesto, the policymakers remained uncertain, contradictory, and over-general in some parts of the document. Yet in other sections, a natural coexistence of identities has been established, with a relative balance achieved between them. Despite the greatest conflict being between religious and modern identity, the overall coexistence and compatibility of identities in the manifesto is more prevalent than conflicts

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Explaining the Type of Relationship between National Identity and its Dimensions with Neo Personality Dimensions; A case Study of Women Teachers in Kerman

zahra saber; zohre sabermahani; sina aminizadeh

Volume 24, Issue 95 , October 2023, , Pages 189-207

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  The present research is entitled to examine the relationship between national identity variables and personality dimensions. It was conducted among married women teachers in Kerman ...  Read More The present research is entitled to examine the relationship between national identity variables and personality dimensions. It was conducted among married women teachers in Kerman City with a statistical population of 5000 people. This research aims to explain the dimension of national identity in personal dimensions. The sample size was estimated to be 274 people based on the Weir cluster method according to Morgan's table. The findings show that national identity has a significant relationship with personal dimensions. Pearson's test was used to measure the relationship, and structural equations were used to investigate the main hypothesis under the title of examining the relationship between national identity and personality dimensions. The fit of the model is acceptable. The results show that national identity can explain 63% of personal dimensions according to the dimensions presented by Halt and Claire (economic, heritage, belief, cultural, and religious). It has an effect coefficient of up to 79% on personality dimensions. In the measurement model, all dimensions have a strong significant relationship with a positive direction.

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Adolescents' Lived Experiences of the Role of Traditional and New Media in National Identity

gholamali Farajzadeh; ali jafari

Volume 24, Issue 94 , June 2023, , Pages 35-54

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  National identity is the highest level of collective identity in every country. The current research aims to investigate the lived experiences of teenagers about the role of traditional ...  Read More National identity is the highest level of collective identity in every country. The current research aims to investigate the lived experiences of teenagers about the role of traditional and modern media in national identity and has been investigated by phenomenological method which is applied in terms of purpose and qualitative in the nature of data. The statistical population of the research is all teenagers aged 12 to 18 in Ardabil city. The sample size included 17 teenage students who were selected by purposeful sampling based on the principle of theoretical saturation and the data was analyzed based on thematic analysis. The findings showed that, based on the lived experiences of the participants, the gap between knowledge, attitude and behavior towards national identity was evident in traditional and modern media, so that the national identity and its dimensions among the teenagers whose dominant media is the type of modern media is less than the teenagers whose dominant media is the type of traditional media. The national identity of teenagers who use traditional media is more formed, coherent and real, and the national identity of people who use modern media is unstable and numerous. An identity that can be called a transnational or global identity according to some characteristics. Teenagers with the dominant consumption of traditional media have tried to protect the traditional sources of national identity. On the other hand, the teenagers with the dominant consumption of modern media have represented themselves in favor of a global or cosmopolitan identity.

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The Ideal Model of National Identity Representation in Elementary Textbooks Based on the Metacognition Model

Mojtaba Maghsoudi; Mohamad Mahdi Golshahi; Mojgan Niksiratfar

Volume 24, Issue 93 , March 2023, , Pages 33-56

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  Education is one of the areas of human life that has a deep connection with culture. Based on this, schools are formed according to cultural practices and values and within the framework ...  Read More Education is one of the areas of human life that has a deep connection with culture. Based on this, schools are formed according to cultural practices and values and within the framework of the curriculum reflect the norms of the society in which they were born. Here, what is primarily important is the curriculum developed in the direction of identity formation and then the way of representing and teaching these concepts, which determines the function of the curriculum. Therefore, the current research, by placing the question-oriented approach (metacognitive model) in the elementary school curriculum, investigates two types of mental and propositional representation, especially the questions of elementary school textbooks, and answers the question of how national identity is represented in textbooks. and what is the desired model of national identity representation in elementary school textbooks based on the metacognitive model? The method of the article is content analysis, and to answer the research questions, the authors have analyzed the content of 15 elementary school books, including Farsi, Heaven's Gift, and social studies in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. The findings indicate that the representation of national identity in textbooks is not based on the metacognitive model, but based on the emotional model, and the cognitive and metacognition aspects of national identity have been seriously neglected in elementary school books.It is not based on the metacognitive model, but based on the emotional model, and the cognitive and metacognition aspects of national identity have been seriously neglected in elementary school books.

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Analysis of the Relationship between Social Capital and National Identity of Women Aged 18 to 50 Living in Shahrekord

Hossein Nazoktabar; Shahram Mollania Jelodar; Leila Malekpour Jonaghani; Maryam Malmir

Volume 24, Issue 93 , March 2023, , Pages 131-153

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  National identity is the result of social interactions between individuals and is influenced by several factors. One of the influential factors in the formation of national identity ...  Read More National identity is the result of social interactions between individuals and is influenced by several factors. One of the influential factors in the formation of national identity of individuals is social capital. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between social capital and national identity of women aged 18 to 50 living in Shahrekord City. The research method of survey and data collection tool is a researcher-made questionnaire. The statistical population is all women aged 18 to 50 years old living in Shahrekord in year 2021, which according to the general census of population and housing 2016, their number is 6004 people. Sample size in the statistical population of Shahrekord using the equivalent Cochran's formula 364 people were obtained, for a more accurate study, the number of samples was set at 500 people. The theoretical framework of the research is a combination of the theories of Durkheim, Putnam, Bourdieu, Coleman and Halpern in the three dimensions of trust, participation and social interactions. Based on the findings, there was a significant relationship between social capital and national identity. Also, the results of multivariate regression analysis showed that the components of social capital (social trust, participation, social interactions) explained a total of 59% of the changes in the dependent variable (national identity).

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Library and Identity

asgar akbari

Volume 24, Issue 93 , March 2023, , Pages 157-178

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  Culture is the identity and entity of any nation, which is rooted in its history, beliefs, and customs. The library has acted as a manifestation of national social cultural identity ...  Read More Culture is the identity and entity of any nation, which is rooted in its history, beliefs, and customs. The library has acted as a manifestation of national social cultural identity throughout history by preserving and presenting valuable scientific, cultural, and social resources. The current research was conducted to investigate the role of the library in the cultural development and preservation of identity components and consolidation of social and national identity and culture. A systematic method has been used in the present study. The statistical population of this research was 39 scientific research documents about the role of the library in creating national culture and identity. These articles were published in Elmnet, Magiran, Noormagz, Islamic World Science Citation Center, and Emerald scientific databases. The results indicated that the library is a part of the spiritual and civilizational history of mankind and its traces can still be seen over time from ancient times to the present day. Cultural development depends on the growth of awareness, capabilities, and facilities that meet the material and spiritual needs of the library by preserving written works and cultural resources like chain links. It has not only linked the identity of generations and prevented their identity from breaking, but has also reflected the heartbeat of the social and national cultural identity of society.

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The Representation of National and Ethnical Identity of Afghan People on the National Television of Afghanistan during the Presidency of Mohammad Ashraf Ghani

Hossain Alizadah; Mehri Bahar

Volume 24, Issue 93 , March 2023, , Pages 179-196

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  In the multi-ethnical society of Afghanistan, the mass media present various depictions of Afghan’s plurality, among which, the National Television of Afghanistan’s broadcasting ...  Read More In the multi-ethnical society of Afghanistan, the mass media present various depictions of Afghan’s plurality, among which, the National Television of Afghanistan’s broadcasting has a special place. In this article, in order to understand the way of representation of national and ethnic identity, national television news has been analyzed with the method of discourse analysis. First, the news of this channel has been observed and then its most important news service (Hasht-e-Shab service), has been selected as a sample and analyzed. The results indicate that the National Television of Afghanistan represents the national and ethnic identity of the country based on the policy of "equalization" in accordance with the nation-building policy of the current government. In line with this policy, this network represents the identity of a particular ethnic group as the main component of the national identity which is acceptable to all; however, it represents a particular ethnic group a lot, but the other ethnic groups very little.

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Network Analysis of Consumer Ethnocentrism (The Network of Iranians’ Attitude towards Domestic and Foreign Products)

Hamzeh Amiri; fatemeh bagherian; pegah nejat

Volume 23, Issue 92 , December 2022, , Pages 63-82

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  Consumer nationalism in the age of global changes has a strong relationship with national identity. From the point of view of social identity and based on national identity, the attitude ...  Read More Consumer nationalism in the age of global changes has a strong relationship with national identity. From the point of view of social identity and based on national identity, the attitude of consumer nationalism in the direction of supporting one's own group against others forms a framework in which a person has a positive attitude towards domestic goods and a negative attitude towards foreign goods as a threat to the national economy. In this research, while using the attitude network analysis method as a new method of cognitive analysis, the opinions, emotions and behaviors of Iranians have been analyzed in the field of consumer nationalism. Sharma's consumption nationalism scale was studied in a sample of 1004 people from all over the country with multi-stage stratified sampling and by telephone survey and the indicators of centrality, betweenness and power of the variables and their relationship with each other were evaluated and compared in the form of network edges. Three behavioral, emotional and cognitive clusters (factors) were observed in the attitudinal network. Desire to buy Iranian goods, pride in Iranian goods and the quality of Iranian goods have the highest centrality in the attitudinal network of consumer nationalism. The effect of gender on the attitudinal structure was investigated and the distinct networks of people's attitude towards consumption nationalism were analyzed based on this.

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National Identity among the Ahl-e-Haqq of Delfan City

sajjad omidpour; abolfazl delavari

Volume 23, Issue 92 , December 2022, , Pages 113-140

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  It is a common misconception that Sufis are fundamentally non-political and have a cosmopolitan orientation. Accordingly, concepts such as nationality and national identity do not have ...  Read More It is a common misconception that Sufis are fundamentally non-political and have a cosmopolitan orientation. Accordingly, concepts such as nationality and national identity do not have a significant place in their texts  and thoughts and daily life. This study challenges the correctness of this belief and examines the level of attention and tendency towards national identity among the followers of the Ahl al-Haqq, which is one of the largest Sufi groups in Iran. This study, which was conducted using a survey method in Delfan city of Lorestan province, shows that the followers of this creed have a strong sense of belonging and deep connection with the components of national identity such as land, history, language, literature and national honors of Iran. The research also shows that the maximum level of people's awareness of their religious identity does not necessarily lead to a decrease in their sense of belonging to the national identity.

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Rereading Iran's Identity Components (in Accordance with the Safavid Era and the Islamic Republic)

Mohammad Jalili; Naser Jamalzadeh

Volume 23, Issue 91 , September 2022, , Pages 7-30

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  In the Post-modern colonial era with the globalization of cultural concepts  the control of the public opinion of nations by creating identity constructions  and distorting ...  Read More In the Post-modern colonial era with the globalization of cultural concepts  the control of the public opinion of nations by creating identity constructions  and distorting their relative advantages  takes place; because they seek to weaken the civilizational power of their competitors by changing their perception of themselves. This research tries to introduce the identity components of Iranian geography and compare two important periods of Safavid and Islamic Republic history  in terms of examining these elements. The purpose of the research is to identify the unique characteristics of identity and the perception of how these propositions are influenced. The problem of the research is to reread the level of attention paid to the identity characteristics of Iranians in two important eras of national history. The type of research is descriptive and analytical, its approach is comparative and its hypothesis is the growth of identity elements during these two eras  by measuring the level of effort of the Islamic Republic to preserve and strengthen them. The results obtained in the examination of fifteen components: "History, Language, Geography, Government, Politics, Leadership, Enemy, Hero, Ideal, Religion, Rituals, Ceremonies, Science, Art and Ethics" show that in the short term life of the Islamic Republic  despite Emergence of identity obstacles, both internal problems and external obstacles  compared to the era of Safavid rule, more elements have been activated and a more coherent approach has been adopted

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The Position of National Identity in the Approvals of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution (Study Case: 2011 to 2021 Approvals)

Hamid Houshangi; reza salimizadeh

Volume 23, Issue 91 , September 2022, , Pages 57-80

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  The Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution (SCCR) is one of the decision-making institutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran and many major decisions in the cultural field in Iran are ...  Read More The Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution (SCCR) is one of the decision-making institutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran and many major decisions in the cultural field in Iran are influenced by  SCCR. National identity also appears as a cultural and discursive category in the decisions of the SCCR. Considering the importance of national identity, it is necessary to examine the level of attention of the SCCR to this category. Therefore, this article means to examine the approvals of the SCCR from 2011 to 2021 from the scope of national identity. In this research, national identity is divided into seven social, cultural, historical, political, territorial, religious, literary, and linguistic dimensions, and the mentioned dimensions are tracked in the approvals. To achieve the goal of the research, the operational pattern method of discourse analysis has been used. The analysis of the approvals of the SCCR from the perspective of national identity shows that maintaining national solidarity and cohesion, the rule of Quranic teachings, the spread of the Persian language, the revival of historical memory, the preservation of Islamic Iranian culture, the development of political insight and the attraction of elites under the main axis of Islamic civilization shaped to Iranians national identity. Also, the level of attention paid by the SCCR to all dimensions of national identity has not been the same, and the territorial dimension is the least, and the cultural, literary and religious dimensions have been more important than other dimensions, and the political, social and historical dimensions are in the middle of this vector.

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Ethnic Relations in Iran in the Thought of Ayatollah Khamenei

mahdi molaee arani

Volume 23, Issue 91 , September 2022, , Pages 83-102

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  One of the main issues in contemporary societies is the way different groups and ethnicities coexist and interact with each other. This issue is also of interest in the Islamic Republic ...  Read More One of the main issues in contemporary societies is the way different groups and ethnicities coexist and interact with each other. This issue is also of interest in the Islamic Republic of Iran, where various groups and ethnicities have lived for many years and centuries. The main problem and question of this article is that according to the thought of Ayatollah Khamenei, what is the relationship between ethnic groups in Iran and the relationship between national, ethnic and religious identity among them? To answer this question, all Ayatollah Khamenei's meetings with people and different groups from ethnic provinces (97 speeches in total) have been analyzed using thematic analysis method. The four main themes extracted from his statements are: 1- foundations and principles for ethnic coexistence, 2- religious beliefs and rites (the basis of religious identity), 3- cultural and social relations and relationships (the basis of ethnic identity), 4- preservation of the land and political-economic progress and participation (the basis of national identity).

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Analysis and Criticism of Nationalism and Separatism Approaches in the Jungle Movement

Abbas Panahi

Volume 23, Issue 91 , September 2022, , Pages 151-169

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  During its seven-year period and even in the last century, the Jungle Movement has always faced accusations of separatism, centrifugalism, disobedience to the central government, and ...  Read More During its seven-year period and even in the last century, the Jungle Movement has always faced accusations of separatism, centrifugalism, disobedience to the central government, and etc. On the other hand, the Jangalies in their memoirs and even the “Jangal newspaper” tried to exonerate themselves from this accusation by presenting their views and manifestos and calling the movement a patriotic movement. In this study, reasons for the accusation of separatism of Jangalies are studied and we are faced with this central question: Did Jangalies step in the path of national identity, or separatism? According to their performance, opinions and ideas in historical sources and documents, are their actions defined as a movement towards nationalism and national identity or have they resulted in the historical rupture of Iran? The findings show that during their activities, Jangalies were loyal to their ideals, which were based on Iran's independence, patriotism, and fighting against foreigners. The research method is historical and content analysis of archival documents.

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Explaining the Effect of Perceived Social Justice on the Commitment of Young People in Tabriz and Bukan to National Identity

marya pashayi; mahmood elmi; davood ebrahimpoor

Volume 23, Issue 89 , March 2022, , Pages 125-144

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  National identity is one of the fundamental components of the formation and survival of national society. The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the ...  Read More National identity is one of the fundamental components of the formation and survival of national society. The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the adherence of youth in the cities of Tabriz and Buchan to national identity and social justice. The research method was survey and the data collection tool was a standard Finnish questionnaire and a researcher-made questionnaire. The statistical population was the youth of Tabriz and Buchan, the method of systematic random sampling and the sample size were determined in two groups of 771 people. According to the findings, there was a significant positive relationship between perceived social justice and adherence to national identity among youth in Tabriz and Buchan. The level of adherence to national identity and the level of perceived social justice among the youth in Buchan was significantly higher than the youth in Tabriz.

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Construction and Evaluation of Psychometric Properties of the National Confidence Questionnaire among the Students of Shahrekord Islamic Azad University

Seyed Mohammad Latif Jabbarifar; Maryam Chorami; Ahmad Ghazanfari; . Reza Ahmadi

Volume 22, Issue 87 , September 2021, , Pages 3-20

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  The aim of this study was to examine psychometric properties of national self-confidence questionnaire. The research method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population was ...  Read More The aim of this study was to examine psychometric properties of national self-confidence questionnaire. The research method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population was the students of Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord Branch. Based on a review of texts and literature related to national self-confidence, a 110-item questionnaire was prepared and then provided to 10 experts in the field of psychology, sociology, management and political science, and its face and content validity was confirmed. Then, a 110-item questionnaire was administered to a sample of 484 students who were available selected. By examining the share of each item in the total score, items that were lower than 0.30 were removed and the number of items reached 98. The results showed that the reliability coefficient of the National self Confidence Questionnaire with Cronbach's alpha method (0.964), halving method (0.956) and Guttman method (0.956) have good reliability coefficients in the student sample. Therefore, the National self confidence Questionnaire is a good tool for measuring national confidence and can be used for measurement.

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Investigating the National and Modern Identity of Saravan Students

Asma Porki; naser nastiezaie

Volume 22, Issue 87 , September 2021, , Pages 91-107

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  The purpose of this study was to investigate the national and modern identity of Baluch students in Saravan. The research method was descriptive-survey. The statistical population of ...  Read More The purpose of this study was to investigate the national and modern identity of Baluch students in Saravan. The research method was descriptive-survey. The statistical population of the study was all Baluch students of the third grade of the second secondary school of Saravan city (Sistan and Baluchestan province) in the academic year 1300-1400 with a volume of 1093 people. 274 students studied by stratified random sampling (by gender and field of study). The data collection instrument was a questionnaire of identity dimensions (Solgi, Eskandari, Delavar and Borjali, 2015) which examined national and modern identities. Descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (one-sample t-test and t-test for independent groups) were used to analyze the data using SPSS21 software. According to the findings, the status national and modern identity of students was above average. Another finding of this study showed that girls had higher national and modern identities than boys

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Creating National Identity in Belgium; Educational Policy in Primary Schools

Maedeh Karimi; Habib Allah Fazeli

Volume 22, Issue 87 , September 2021, , Pages 131-158

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  National identity is one of the bases of maintaining unity and integrity within a nation, and the governments are obliged to strengthen the components of national identity in the society ...  Read More National identity is one of the bases of maintaining unity and integrity within a nation, and the governments are obliged to strengthen the components of national identity in the society in order to maintain the existence and integrity of the country. A way for educating students about national identity is through the codification of curriculum and textbooks in the schools. Considering that national identity means having a sense of belonging to a country in which the people have shared language, land, cultural heritage and customs, emotions and memories, political system, symbols, and national heroes, history, economic unity, art, literature, and even similar religion; this sense of belonging in a nation creates a kind of solidarity and unity. In this article, the existence of national identity components in the formal education of primary schools in Belgium has been studied, by analyzing the content of primary school curriculums and the answers of primary schools teachers to questionnaires containing 25 questions in three languages of English, French, and Dutch which were sent to 3140 primary schools in Belgium. The Educational questionnaires and phenomenological results of the Belgian government's political and sociological actions in the society show that the state is not only indifferent to the national identity and its consolidation but also seeks to consolidate national identity and nation-building based on the defined Belgian values. This article is based on library studies, obtaining information through a set of questionnaires and direct observation of the environment, using document-based, descriptive, qualitative content analysis and field studies.

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The Study of Education System Functions in Institutionalization of National Identity of Students (in the Politico-Geographical and Religious Aspects)

Samira Mirzapour; Afsane Zamani Moghadam; Parivash Jafari

Volume 22, Issue 86 , July 2021, , Pages 27-47

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  The purpose of this study is to assessing the politico-Geographical and, Religious dimensions of National identity for the students of secondary schools of Tehran. The statistical Society ...  Read More The purpose of this study is to assessing the politico-Geographical and, Religious dimensions of National identity for the students of secondary schools of Tehran. The statistical Society is whole of 25149 teachers, headmasters and deputies of Tehran premier high schools. The statistical Sample is 378 according to the Cochran Table, that was chosen by the Clustered method. For this sampling, the Tehran city was distributed by 5 geographical section that in witch sampling was done in the Clustered method. As the tool of research, a researcher-made questionnaire by 16 question was used. The validity of questionnaire was ensured by Content Validity method. For the data analysis, Cronbach’s Alpha (0.86), Factor Analysis and Network Analysis and T Test was used. The results show 2 factors in 2 dimensions of research. The "country" and the "ruling system" in Politico-Geographical, and also the "belief" and the "behavior" in religious dimension.

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The Relationship between Social Capital and Lifestyle with the National Identity of Teenage Girls in Kerman City

Elham Shirdel; Fateme Hami Kargar; Fateme Anjomshoa

Volume 22, Issue 86 , July 2021, , Pages 69-87

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  Beliefs, feelings, and national identity of individuals are formed during life, especially during adolescence, under the influence of specific socio-cultural conditions in which a person ...  Read More Beliefs, feelings, and national identity of individuals are formed during life, especially during adolescence, under the influence of specific socio-cultural conditions in which a person lives. In the present study, two factors of social capital and lifestyle in national identity have been investigated. This study aimed to examine the effect of social capital on national identity with the mediating role of lifestyle. The studied sample in this research using Cochran's formula was 380 adolescent girls in Kerman 1398 selected by multi-stage random sampling. The nature of this research is applied, survey research method and its tool is a questionnaire. Statistical analysis of data was performed using AMOS and SPSS19 software. Findings showed that social capital has a positive and significant effect on national identity. Also, the mediating role of lifestyle in the relationship between social capital and national identity was confirmed. In addition, the most robust relationship between lifestyle variable and national identity has been observed. The sum of the independent and mediating variables explains 21% of the variance of the dependent variable of national identity. Dimensions of lifestyle such as the use of foreign media, virtual networks, new leisure styles, and body management have a negative relationship with the national identity of girls. On the other hand, dimensions such as domestic media and religious lifestyle have a positive relationship with the national identity of girls.

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A study of National Identity in the Poems of Children and Adolescents (Based on the Poems of Ebrahimi, Rahmandoust, Shabani and Keshavarz(

maryam kamali; hossein novin; asghar salahi

Volume 22, Issue 85 , March 2021, , Pages 29-48

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  Child and adolescents' poetry is one of the conceptual poems that has various themes included in it for the education and awareness of the audience and depending on the comprehension ...  Read More Child and adolescents' poetry is one of the conceptual poems that has various themes included in it for the education and awareness of the audience and depending on the comprehension power of each age group. one of these themes is national identity and its elements. This article tries to study and analyze the national identity and its elements in the poems of famous poets in the field of children and adolescent literature, Jafar Ebrahimi, Mostafa Rahmandoust, Assadollah Shabani and Nasser Keshavarz by descriptive-analytical method. The main question is what components of national identity did the mentioned poets include in their poems and what were their epistemological goals in presenting these components? The research findings show that these poets by dealing with elements such as language, religion, land, culture and history, in different age categories and with various techniques and attitudes, While introducing national identity and reviving its foundations, they have also show Many national issues such as the importance of defending national identity, preserving national values, stimulating the spirit of oppression and revolution, the value of solidarity and unity, accountability, creating cultural ties between generations, promoting Iranian culture and art, the nation's love for the homeland and the effort to protect the country from enemy aggression.

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The Manifestation of National Identity in Persian Poems of Safavid Inscriptions in Isfahan City (10-12 H)

Masoome Pajhooheshnia; Ali Akbar Jafari

Volume 22, Issue 85 , March 2021, , Pages 49-70

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  National identity is considered as a common self-awareness of a nation, which can be traced in different contexts such as literature, music, drawing, calligraphy and architecture. Having ...  Read More National identity is considered as a common self-awareness of a nation, which can be traced in different contexts such as literature, music, drawing, calligraphy and architecture. Having four elements of language, calligraphy, poetry and architecture, historical poetry inscriptions enjoy the demonstration of national identity of their respective eras. Accordingly, this study is aimed to trace national identity in Persian poems of Safavid inscriptions in Isfahan City. In this order, all 97 Persian poetry inscriptions in Isfahan from Safavid era were studied. According to the result of analyzing all 457 verses written on mentioned inscriptions, the most repetitive issues in the studied poems include: 1. religious beliefs 2. Praising the King 3. Admiring the consecrators of the monuments, which respectively refer to Shia branch, kingship entity and consecration tradition in Iran. The point is, the three issues mentioned here, are considered as the elements of Iranian national identity in Safavid era.

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The Relationship between National Identity and Religious Identity in the Zoroastrian Community

Saeedeh Moayedfar; Abbas Shahvaran

Volume 22, Issue 85 , March 2021, , Pages 91-110

Abstract

  Due to the concerns about cultural, ethnic and religious diversity and the consequences, this study aims to investigate the relationship between religious identity and national identity ...  Read More Due to the concerns about cultural, ethnic and religious diversity and the consequences, this study aims to investigate the relationship between religious identity and national identity among Zoroastrians. Religious identity is an important aspect of identity and has a decisive role in acquiring individual identity. Strengthening this dimension of identity can reinforce other aspects of identity and the crisis in this area can cause crisis in other aspects of identity, especially religious identity. This claim is especially relevant in the communities where religion is the fundamental pillar of society. This is a descriptive-analytical study that was done by survey method and questionnaire. The statistical population of this study was Zoroastrians in Yazd and Fars provinces 384 questionnaires were filled in by random sampling. The results of this study show that among the Zoroastrian community, the tendency to religious identity has a significant relationship with the tendency to national identity. Among this society, the correlation between religious identity and cultural-historical and political dimensions of national identity is higher, but despite the significance, the correlation between geographical-social dimensions is low.

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A Study of the Capacity and Position of Fancy Components of Iranian Folk Stories in Identification of National Animation

Payam Zinalabedini; Bahareh Amiri

Volume 22, Issue 85 , March 2021, , Pages 139-158

Abstract

  Some part of history of nations includes narrative and oral stories that are called folklore (vernacular culture). People may enjoy fantastic climate in anecdotes and try to make it ...  Read More Some part of history of nations includes narrative and oral stories that are called folklore (vernacular culture). People may enjoy fantastic climate in anecdotes and try to make it viable. Animation can draw image of fantasy and play significant role in reflection of national identity by excerption from Persian vernacular stories. The present research aims to protect from unfamiliar works of foreign countries using a functional objective. The main problem of this study is to inquire advantages of fantasy in vernacular literature and their role in national identity-building. The qualitative methodology has been used in this study and based librarian and audiovisual sources. As a result, the reflective effect of these texts on their surrounding community has been investigated by purposive selection of three vernacular tales i.e. "Turtle and its friends", "The Habit of King Kerman" and "The cannibal fish of Persian Sea". The given finding suggests that distinction and special characteristics of fantasy in Persian vernacular tales possess a lot of potential for reflection of national identity by animation.

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