Analysis of the influencing components of Iran's national culture on Iran's regional power in West Asia, qualitative approch

Document Type : مقالات علمی -پژوهشی

Authors

• Hosein Yaghobi ¹
• Mahnaz Goodarzi ²
• Mehrdad Sadeghi ³

¹ PhD student of International Relations, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan branch (Khorasgan), Iran

² Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural Management and Planning, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Iran

10.22067/pg.2023.80002.1185

Abstract

Analysis of the influencing components of Iran's national culture on Iran's regional power in West Asia is the aim of this research. customs and feelings that the people of a nation have learned from each other. The method of this research is content analysis with a quantitative approach based on questionnaires. The statistical population consists of 200 elites in the field of national culture, including: professors of the University of Isfahan province and outside the province, cultural centers and strategic managers, which is randomly confirmed through Cronbach's alpha and a researcher-made questionnaire in the form of a press line is available to the questioners. After collecting information through 2 descriptive statistics (demographics including age and sex, education) and inferential statistics (sample t-test, factor analysis, etc.), it has been analyzed through spss software.
In response to the research questions about the overall impact of national culture on regional power, two components of territorial position and Iranian arrogance and pride have had an impact on regional power from the national dimension, but the rest of the components, customs, Iranian history and civilization. Ethnic and religious elements, hospitality, humanitarian aid and support for the oppressed and deprived have not been effective. In the religious and value aspect of all components, seeking martyrdom, supporting the liberation movements, defending the Islamic system and values, religious democracy model, provincialism, expectation and saviorism according to the identity status and religious relations and sharing with some neighbors over regional power

Keywords

• "National Culture"
• "Identity"
• " Structuralism"
• "Regional Power "
• West Asia

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