The Cultural Condition of Society in the Viewpoints of Agents of Culture; Case of Study: Cultural Managers and Activists of Hamedan Province

Awareness and knowledge of different viewpoints about cultural condition of a society is necessary for preparation ad successful implementation of cultural programs. The present paper is an attempt to identify the viewpoints of agents of culture in the Hamedan Province about the cultural condition of the province. Q method, which is a synthetic method, was used for this purpose. Sampling in Q method is goal-oriented. Q factor analysis and interpretation of factors indicate that there are nine viewpoints among the cultural agents, which predominantly maintain that the quality of cultural programs and the condition of society’s culture are not desirable. All these viewpoints agree that cultural measures and programs are not analyzed and their results are not assessed by experts Hence, the society’s culture is inflicted with serious problems such as religious relativism, unprofessional and unstudied cultural measures, emphasis on superficial affairs, luxuryfailure of clerics to propagate religion, weak cooperation among cultural officials, epistemic crisis and doubt in original religious beliefs, etc. The advocates of these viewpoints are not seriously concerned about the activities and promotion of hostile and destructive cultural currents such as Satanism, Bahaism, Wahhabism and inclination towards non-Islamic religions, etc. Analysis of these viewpoints can prepare the primary data for scholarly plans and will reduce the dependence of cultural decisions on personal tastes and readings.