Analysis of the types Discourse Affected by the Content of Ashura Rites (Discourse Analysis of publications Related to Ashura)

Ashura moaning ritual not only took different shapes over different periods of time, they also were introduced to various discourses and theoretical viewpoints. Discourses develop under social and political conditions; they can develop and reproduce their own thinking systems and hereby can influence the society. So it is necessary to study them from a sociological perspective. The method of the present research is qualitative, in the framework of Durkheim views, and Fareclaugh’s method of discourse analysis. Research sample was selected among the publications of the year 1389 by heterogeneous national sampling. Data analysis revealed three kinds of discourse: 1) scientific discourse 2) poetic-artistic discourse 3) religious-jurisprudential discourse.