Effective Evaluation Frameworks in the Cultural Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran

 


 

Priority and superiority made by individuals for the behaviors and ways of life shapes a very important series of qualitative distinctions that its measures are independent of our demands, desires and personal preferences. These evaluation frameworks play a significant role in determining the cultural policies of various countries including the Islamic Republic of Iran. The aim of this study is to identify these frameworks in the cultural policies of the Islamic Republic, and thereby exploring the possibility of improving the quality of cultural planning and making more effective solutions for the specific cultural problems of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Thus, the main question of this article is that by relying on the higher documents of the Islamic Republic, what are the effective evaluation frameworks in the cultural policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran?
The research is descriptive survey, in terms of methodology and documentary in terms of data gathering. The studied materials are a series of the higher documents of the Islamic Republic relating to the cultural policies of the Islamic Republic, including the Constitution, general policies, twenty-year Vision Plan of the Islamic Republic and five-year development plans. The findings of this study indicate that cultural policy-making in the Islamic Republic seeks historical identity and society's moral stability through governance. Along with this, we witness, to a lesser extent, planning for promoting univocal social identity and morality drawing upon society-state oriented model. However, moving towards identity's self-fulfillment and social interlocutory morality relying upon the centrality of society is still in a stagnant state.