نشریه مطالعات ملی
سال هجدهم شماره 1 (پیاپی 69، بهار 1396)

Perhaps the most important feature of the Iranian culture is its continuation throughout different historical periods. There have existed numerous different civilizations from the past to the present but a few of them have been able to continue their existence from thousands of years ago to today. With all its importance and grandeur, the Greek civilization was limited to a very short period in the ancient world and became part of other empires. The Iranian civilization has somehow been able to continue its existence, however. While the civilization has been changed in different times, it has maintained its core principles. One of the reasons for the historical continuation was the bureaucratic and statehood tradition which was transferred from one generation to another. This tradition is an important part of the idea of Iranshahr. This study investigates the how of the continuation of the idea of Iranshahr during the Nadir Afshar’s government by focusing on the court historiography. The assumption of the study is that those works were the reflection of the king’s and the mainstream elites’ will. Also, this study premises on the continuation of the idea of Iranshahr. The research method is descriptive-analytical, and the required data are collected from primary sources. This study seeks to answer this question that how the idea of Iranshahr was presented in the Naderi era. The analysis suggests that while the idea was pronounced in theory, it did not have a strong presence in the arena of statehood and bureaucracy.

Iranian society in the twentieth century is a live image of three identities namely Islamic, Persian and Modern. The purpose of this study is developing and validation of Implicit Association test (IAT) for measurement of Islamic, Iranian and Modern identities. The main question of this research is whether the developed task has a suitable reliability and validity for evaluating Islamic, Iranian and Modern identities? The research design of this study is ex-post facto and statistical population consists of all 19 to 30 year old students in Universities of Tehran. In the first step of this study for validation of IAT, 100 students of Shahid Beheshti University were selected and to the next step 80 students from Tehran Universities completed IAT, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), and Islamic, Iranian and Modern questionnaires.  Results show high validity of IAT and high reliability of participants’ answers to this test.

Kurdistan has been paid attention to researchers as a part of history of Iran. According to what is mentioned, the first time the word ‘Kurdistan’ had been accepted during the Saljuq dynasty era. According to that belief, king Sanjar made this name common in official places and papers while he created a region called Kurdistan and appointed his nephew king Solomon as ruling. If we accept that belief the problem arises here in the absent place of that evolution in Saljuq era. So the question is what changes has happened to Kurdistan name in public and official. According to original source and texts what was the exact time for these changes? It seems that this name is closely with Iran in the recent revival of popularity and recognition of Kurdish Ilkhans and time associated with changes Ilkhans government. However this paper issues with help of Critical study historical texts and research conducted as well as a descriptive and analytical practices and techniques common in historical research, recently response to questions and hypotheses that have been proposed to assess.

Cultural diversity is a universal phenomenon. One of the most important concerns of countries with cultural and ethnic diversity, is preserve and enhance the convergence of different individuals and groups living in the territory. Some researchers believe that ethnic identities and subcultures not only not in conflict with national identity in Iran, but also act as pillars holding it. Many factors involved in maintaining and strengthening the unity and cohesion of communities and groups living in a land and this subject can be studied from different directions and dimensions. Therefore, in this study the authors have tried to investigate the effects of socio-cultural and economic components on the convergence of the people of Kurdish regions of west of Iran from the perspective of the elite. The method of this research is survey and practical. The data were collected through questionnaires. Statistical population of research involving the experts and elites of ethnic area in two strategic and executive level with a sample size of 90 people and the method of sampling is simple random. The results indicate that socio-cultural factors with 45.25 percent and economic factors with 49.75 percent are as converging factor.

The question of the identity of the Iranian society is a persistent inquiry. The present study addresses the sociological study of the national and local identity of Laki speaking people of Iran. The research population included all Laki speaking people of four provinces of Lorestan, Kermanshah, Ilam, and Hamedan from whom 402 participants were selected as the research sample through multistage cluster sampling. Results indicate that there is a correlation between the national identity and local identity, and the intensity of the tendency to national identity is stronger than that to local identity. The standard regression coefficient shows that the variables of cultural coexistence, local identity and the aesthetic interests have strengthening effects on the national identity, and determine 42 percent of the national identity variance.

Identity is one of the important concepts in the field of Social and Cultural Studies. National identity is a form of identity and sense of belonging to a larger land deals within certain limits. Today, the issue of preservation of national identity (and Iranian identity) has become one of the most important issues in the field of human sciences. Cinema is a high impact medium and a suitable tool in representation of national identity in a society. The current study seeks to identify and explore components of national identity (Iranian identity) represented by Ali Hatami in the movie “Mother”.   The movie “Mother” has been selected as a case study. Semiology analysis method was used to analyze the movie. The results of this study show that the movie “Mother” represents political, social, historical, linguistic and national identity themes and indicators through social, technical and ideological codes. Three main semiology codes styles analyzed in this movie include: mother suggests homeland, return to Iranian classical literature originality and togetherness and collective life.

Establishing relations between past architecture of the country and today’s, moreover carry on it is one of the solutions to solve what has made today’s architecture empty of contents and concepts also what has suffered it from the identity crisis. The present study is about how to revive the dome as an element of architectural identity of Iran. So, the dome, has been investigated from various aspects; using descriptive, analytic and comparative methods in library. As a result, Iranian dome, has indicators such as; the original history and aesthetics, also it has the natural strength of geometry. Likewise it keeps cool the covered space in warm season in hot-dry climate of Iran as well as it has provided architectural identity of central Persia in the past. Recognition of these factors would help us to revitalize this element in contemporary architecture.

This paper aimed to evaluate the role of gender differences in national identity dimensions of students. Using survey method, Statistics society had been Yasouj university students; from which 400 persons were determined based on Lin Sampling Table (1976) as sample size and were selected by classified-multi stage random sampling method. Researcher-made questionnaire was used as research tool for data collection, which face validity and Cronbach's alpha (National Identity=0.888) were used for its validity and reliability, respectively. The findings showed that there is no significant difference in participants' national identity (general) as well as its geographical, historical and cultural dimensions among the men and women students, but there is a significant difference in political dimension of their national identity.