نشریه مطالعات ملی
سال نوزدهم شماره 3 (پیاپی 75، پاییز 1397)

The Mongol conquest of Iran is amongst the darkest times (events) of this country. This invasion was seriously threatening to Iranian identity. So far that some of its major characteristics were damaged and some entirely disappeared. Following this threat, Iranian identity practiced to revival itself and survive through the pressure and threats of the Ilkhanid dynasty. A part of this effort was made by the writers of literary–historical works during the era. Ilkhanid literary-historical works not only are firsthand sources of historical information and contain significant literary value but were able to play an important role in the reconstruction of Iranian identity as Ilkhanid after a while reconstructed Iranian identity and tried to compensate the demolish of the past.
In this research the destructive impact of Mongol invasion was studied based on four factors including: civilization works, kingdom, Islam and Persian language and literature. Then the positive impression of these factors on Iranian identity was investigated, results of this research show that these text were more effective on restoring Iranian identity among the other influential factors.

A research entitled "Assessment of Iranian Collective Identity" was conducted by the Institute of National Studies on January 15, 2015, with a sample of 15034 people in the country (31 provinces) from 8 to 65 years old. The variable "social solidarity" is one of the main variables in this survey; this study deals with the results of measuring this important dimension of Iranian identity and describing it. The purpose of this study is to examine the issue of how Iranians tend to focus on their social solidarity, and What are their identity preferences. The most important questions of the research are: How is the social solidarity variable and collective cohesion among Iranian citizens? And Which of the dimensions of the social solidarity variable (feeling of friendship, feeling of pride and national commitment and generalism) is more prevalent among Iranian citizens? The results of the research indicate that among the components of social solidarity measurement, a sense of national commitment to the fate of the country, the pride of being Iranian, and maintaining the Islamic Republic and the feeling of friendship, respectively, have the most important role and contribution. In sum, the components of social solidarity are high.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between national self-esteem and foreign goods' consumption. The research method is survey and statistical population of the study were all citizens in Tehran, Shiraz and Kerman cities in which 1200 of them were selected by multistage random sampling method. The research tool for measuring national self-esteem is the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and a researcher-made questionnaire was used based on five dimensions of electrical goods, stationery, clothing, home appliances and cosmetics to measure foreign good's consumption. To determine the validity of the research tools, content validity was used and to determine the reliability, the coefficients of Alpha Cronbach and Kuder- Richardson were used. According to the research findings, firstly, the consumption of foreign goods among Iranian citizens is beyond average. Secondly, there is a negative and significant relationship between national self-esteem and foreign goods' consumption and this variable is capable of explaining the changes in the consumption of foreign goods by a factor of 0.1. The conclusion of this study is that by educating the national self-esteem and strengthening it among the citizens, it can reduce the consumption of foreign goods and thereby contribute to one of the acute social problems of the Iranian urban community.

Development literature in Iran in recent years has witnessed the emergence of concepts such as localism, indigenous selection, etc., ones that considered to have a positive burden for sustainable development in Iran. although, one can not ignore some of the positive aspects of localization approaches to the management and development of countries, but the implementation of such policies for societies like Iran, regardless of some of the requirements of domestic policy, can have unpleasant consequences in a long time.
Among the initiatives that have been implemented in recent years in order to facilitate higher education and some social objectives in Iran, is the indigenous selection of students of universities. The plan was approved by the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution in August 2008 on the recommendation of the Ministry of Science.
The relevant authorities, including the Ministry of Science and Organization of the Assessment of the Country, have various reasons for defending the plan, which include: reducing social and cultural damages in dormitory environments, reducing the costs of universities and students, establishing a kind of educational justice And soon. The extent to which defendants' argument about indigenous Selection can be defended, is not the subject of this paper, but this paper seeks to show what has been neglected in the indigenous scheme is its consequences in the area of social cohesion and unity and national identity of Iranians.

Influenced by the massive global developments, the notion of identity as an important issue in social and cultural research as well as macro policies, has been accompanied by various representations. Such significance has made the political systems pay attention to the notion that its reflection has been represented in the field of education. The data reveal that while the issue has been studied in some textbooks, it is less studied in English textbooks. In this paper, through a descriptive and analytic study, the content and pictures of the newly-developed English textbooks were analyzed. It could be concluded that such attention to the issue of national identity, as one of the most significant dimensions of identity, has gained a favorable position which might be related to the purposeful use of critical pedagogy as a recent approach in English language teaching.

The aim of this study is investigating the role of religion on the mental health, identity and social security. From all students in University of Qom were choosen 556 students as a samples by cluster sampling. In this study were used of some questionnaires as a religion, identity, mental health, behavioral problems and social security. In this study for describing data and other results was used Spss-22 and for examining goodness of fit of model was used Amos-22. For examine of fit of model was used Amos-22, which results showed model fit the data was good. Results of Amos showed direct path from religion to identity (0.34), and behavioral problems (-0.38) were significant but to mental health and social security were non-significant. Too, from identity to mental health (0.51), and behavioral problems (0.11) were significant but to social security was non-significant. And direct path from behavioral problems to social security was significant (0.35). Analysis of data by MANOVA showed that in terms of gender there were significant differences in religion, behavioral problems, and social security. Too, with attention to marital situation there were significant differences in religion, identity, mental health, behavioral problems, and social security.

Identity crisis is one of the contemporary problems which experts in any fields try to solve it. It is more important in Iran as a country with brilliant culture and civilization.
In the content of the first program of the fifth development law, Iranian Islamic culture and identity is regarded as a regulation for the goverrnment, so it is expected that Mehr residential complex which is the most important governmental building project after the revolution be the symbol of Iranian and Islamic identity and spread the pure spirit of it instead of imitation. This assay is seeking for Iranian and Islamic individuality factors related to the residential architecture and generally analysis the existence quality  of these factors in the Mehr residential complex (phase 3) in Pardis city in Tehran. In order to achieve these aims, research method which is used in this essay is descriptive and analytical and by logical reasoning conclusion were defined. The research findings indicate that Iranian Islamic architecture elements were not sufficiently utilized and shows the lack of using identity factors for the design and construction which be suitable for a worth Iranian Islamic complex.

Graphic design of posters and photographs in the election field is important. This method is used for capturing and holding the audience’s attention. One of the most important things that candidates use for capturing and holding the audience’s attention is national identity. For example, with using the national identity in the electoral posters can change the cultural orientation in audiences. So, the aim of this project is to reveal the importance of graphic design of the posters of Shiraz elections in the demonstration of national identity. The statistical population of this research was the posters of Shiraz elections (city council) that were analyzed by method of text quality analysis and layer-to-analytical method (200 works). In sum, it has been concluded that in the graphic design of electoral posters of Shiraz; social, religious, and cultural dimensions are the most used components that are used in demonstrating the national identity.