the article provides a critical assessment of the more recent literature that relies on theoretical frameworks such as post modernism and globalization to deal with national identity, ethnicity and cultural mobility. explaining sensitive and complicated issues such as identity requires the extensive use of the native historical, cultural and sociological sources related to the iranian experienc...

In this study, the impact of youth identity crisis is investigated on the national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The research method is qualitative; the library method is used for data collection; and data analysis is carried out with descriptive-analytical method. The main research question is how does the identity crisis in youth affect the national security of the Islamic Republi...

The Status of National-Religious Identity in High School Farsi Textbooks Y. Ma'roofi, Ph.D. S. Panaahi Tavaanaa To discover the extent to which the subject of national-religious identity is covered in high school Farsi textbooks in literature, all such textbooks (a total of 8) were content analyzed utilizing a check list of relevant indices. The validity of the instrument was asse...

the present study was aimed at examining concerns about the social effects of efl learning, a challenging area of research which has not been discussed sufficiently. it tried to investigate the relationship between efl learning and national identity. in addition, attempt was made to find a relationship between language motivation types and national identity. furthermore, the role of two demogra...

national identity, an ever-changing and multidimentional phenomenon, is the product of a continuous historical process which has always been influenced by environmental conditions. the study of the comprising elements of national identity is the objective of another project of recognizing nations. national identity of iranians is rooted in two sets of beliefs: zoroastrianism, the ancient native...

one of the main agreements among classical and contemporary sociologists is putting emphasis on the role and place of utilizing forms of capital in reconsidering identity limits and expansion of collective belongings. this article is based on conceptual framework (jenekins and bourdieu) and tries to study empirically the theory of the relationship between the amount of economic capital as well ...

Identity in recent decades, especially in social and national dimension, as one of the most key components of humanities and social sciences, considered very deeply by experts and scientists. This article attempts to examine national identity in the sphere of culture globalization and worldwide consumption culture. Because this culture includes different dimension, the article has done by the p...

media (including books, newspapers & journals/magazines) is one of the most important elements in construction & institutionalization of modern identity. this paper will survey the role and importance of newspapers/journals in the national identity construct. for explaining the relations between these two variables, the following issues will be considered: • the construction of modern national ...