فصلنامه مطالعات افکار عمومی
پیاپی 3 (پاییز 1391)

One of the most important events of everybody’s life is starting a family. Marriage constitutes the first step in starting a family and family is an essential component of all human societies. A successful family can pave the way for a successful society. The present article seeks to utilize the documentary research method to collect and interpret the ideas of Imam Reza (s) about the importance of marriage, and how to start a successful family. This can help Muslims to enter into a happy marriage and start a successful family.

In the present article Nietzsche’s concept of “superman” and Motahhri’s concept of “perfect man” are analyzed and compared in order to reveal their similarities and differences. Both philosophers adopt a novel approach to the ideal man. The concept of superman, in the sense developed by Nietzsche, was unprecedented in the history of philosophy before Nietzsche. The perfect man is a concept which was first introduced into Islamic thought by Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-‘Arabi. Morteza Motahhari explored and developed this concept and offered a more complete commentary on it than the one developed by the school of mysticism.

The relation between the individual and the society is one of the most important issues, discussed by the fields of knowledge which deal with human beings. Islamic philosophy, in its normative aspect, puts a lot of emphasis on the accomplishment of happiness and successful life, and regards man as a social being which needs to establish proper social bonds to move through the stages of happiness and perfection. On the other hand, psychotherapy, as a field of scientific knowledge, emphasizes the importance of the social aspect of man, and considers the search for love and friendship, as a symbol of the realization of the humanity of the individual, to be a necessity for the health of the psyche and a healthy society.

The recent socio-political crises in some Arab countries continue to take on new aspects. The importance of these changes and their distinctive nature, both in terms of their emergence and their continuation, compared to the movements and revolutions of the past, has led to the development of various viewpoints and analyses as to why and how they occurred. One of the most important questions which social and political theoreticians encounter is concerned with the reasons for their occurrence.

Seyyed Jamal ad-Din made every effort throughout his life to promote unity, defend the principles of Islam and bring about Islamic awakening. Freedom, justice, authority, legitimacy and spirituality, are among the most important principles of his political thought. In the present article, attempt is made to analyze the problems of the Islamicworld from the perspective of Seyyed Jamal ad-Din, as one of the most prominent religious thinkers to highlight the necessity of reformation in governing, religiosity and some social issues. For this purpose, Thomas Spragens’s crisis theory is also utilized.

After the Islamic revolution of Iran, world powers opposed Iran in various ways, such as supporting the Iraqi regime in the imposed war against Iran. The great founder and leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Imam Khomeini, adopted a clever and sensible stance throughout the years of Defa’-e Muqaddas (Holy Defense) to oppose the war propaganda of the enemy. A careful analysis of his stance and measures seems to be of great importance here. The present paper aims to study the management of war propaganda as an important component of the “grand strategy” of every country at the time of the war, in order to demonstrate that without an efficient management of war propaganda, the commanders of war cannot manage the military affairs. Some thinkers hold that war propaganda is the most important part of military tactics, strategies and logistics.

Decisions, as put by David Easton, are the outputs of the political system, through which values are distributed in society, in an authoritative way. The way decisions are made, was first discussed and analyzed in a systematic way in scientific disciplines other than the political science. The present article seeks to apply this theory to the behavior of voters in elections using the analytical descriptive methodology. There are disagreements about both the nature of the process of decision-making and the best intellectual framework for its study.