نشریه پاسداری فرهنگی انقلاب اسلامی
پیاپی 8 (پاییز و زمستان 1392)

Considering the heavy blows that Islam suffered from suchevents as the Battle of Uhud, Saqifah, Hakamiyyat (in the battle of Saffayn),the Peace Treaty ofImam Hasan(a.s.), the sad event of Ashura, etc.,the present paper is aimed at formulatingthePasdari (Guardianship) charterbenefitting from the holyNahjolbalaghah, so thatthe repetition of such events may be prevented. This research project is applied in terms of objectives, descriptive-inferential with respect to analysis level and documentary in terms of approach and methodology classification. The data werecollected from library studies, website browses and indexes. During the course of this research,we aimed at answering this key question: "What are the principles of the Pasdaricharter from the viewpoint of Alawi culture?" Relying on exploratory studies and using expert views,eleven principles were drafted for this charter. Researchers believe that institutionalizationof this charter with its five capacities(dealing with hard,semi-hard and soft threats;internal and external deepening of Islamic values) will lead to the establishment of the political system of Islam.In the final discussion,some recommendations have been offered to help the establishment of the findings of the study.

The main question of this research workis:“Which methods did Imam Khomeini (rah.) utilizeto achieve cultural security?” The findings of this study suggest that, firstly, Imam Khomeini (rah.) paid special attention to security and its various dimensions and since he found culture highly important, he always sought to reinforce culture, make it free frominsecurities and make people aware of cultural threats by his warnings and messages. Secondly, Imam Khomeini’s (rah.)way of managing cultural conflicts and protecting the domain of culture was gradual and time-honored, which was fulfilled throughpublic participation and awareness and constant involvement of the authorities in the face of the invading cultures. Thirdly, the cultural securitizationmethod in Imam Khomeini’s practical life and thought systemconsists of five stages. In other words, to fulfill cultural security, Imam Khomeini (rah.) considered the five stages of knowing the native culture and being aware of it, knowing the deviantimported culture,giving cultural warnings and making people aware ofcultural threats, understanding cultural threats and offering strategies for cultural resistance and implemented them sequentially.

Today, as the world is shrinking and getting more complex due to the increasing growth ofcommunication means, the formerequations have been largely disrupted and replaced with new ones, such that the world powers have turned to usingsoft power and making changes through peaceful and novel mechanisms instead of employing direct coercion. In dealing with the Islamic Republic of Iran, the priority of the Global Arrogance is soft war and to deal with the enemy’s soft war, we need to explicate and utilize our own soft power very well.Thus, since soft capital and its various social, cultural, defensive, security and economic manifestations play a very important role in the enhancement and reproduction of soft power, it can be considered a significant factor in the creation and development of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s soft power and soft capitals need to be converted tosoft power and the media can play a significant part in this process. Hence, as the Global Arrogancestruggles to confront Iran using soft war mechanisms and media tools, an attempt has made here to look into the role of media in the process of converting soft capitals to soft power and introduce the strategies required for this purpose.

The main question of this research work is: “What is the comprehensiveculturalcurrentology model in the Islamic Republic of Iran?” The results indicate thatculturalcurrentologyliterature in Iranis extremely poor. Most of the resources related to this issue dates from before the revolution and there exist few works which exclusively deal withculturalcurrentology model design in Iran. To have comprehensive cognizance of cultural currents in Iran, we need a model on the basis of which cultural currentscan be categorizedand explicated. This model should be comprehensive, pertinent, coherent, plausible and, above all, should have a cultural approach. Hence, “cultural identity" was selected as the main variable for recognition of the cultural currents and specification of their distinct and shared characteristics. Designing thethree “insight, inclination, and action”dimensions of cultural identity, nine componentswere drafted for these three dimensions and then 36 indicators were specified for these components. The research method wasdescriptive-analytic and the data were collected using library method.

This study aims to identify the weaknesses of defense NGO members in the face of soft threats and present the requiredcoping strategies. The results of data analysis revealed that the following are the flawsof defense NGO members in order of importance:accepting responsibility without having the required expertise (love of position), decreased dedicationmorale (individualism), reduced trust in authorities due to the existence of conflicts in words and actions (distrust), preference of personal interests to humanitarian values (materialism), preference ofIranian citizenshipto being a Muslimas a result of the West propaganda, trusting the Western media more than the national media over censorship, paralysis of decision-making in times of crisis (uncertainty creation), not being a role model for individuals in society a result ofthe materialistic propaganda of the media, and lack of ability to use new communication technologies.

Cultural NGOs are among the organizations that are in charge of cultural programs in different sectors of society. The studies and comments of cultural expertsand executivessuggest the necessity of designing a cultural planning model for these organizations. This study has been conducted to fill this gap and help cultural decision-makers in these organizations. Using the Delphi method,the components and indicators of thecultural planning model were evaluated by the experts. The statistical population consists of the scholars and experts in the fields of culture, cultural planning and soft war in cultural organizations, education department, universities and academic center. A sample of 150 subjects were selected from the population using purposive cluster sampling method and were questioned. Descriptive and analytical results revealed that the most important elements of cultural planning model includesetting culturalgoals, environmental analysis, formulation of culturalstrategies, and development of operational,monitoring and evaluation plans. In addition, the results ofanalyticaltests showed that these elementshave significant, reciprocal relationshipswith each other and 100 %explainthe changes in cultural planning variable.