Government and Culture in Islam (The Extent of Religious Government Intervention in Culture)

Document Type : Original Article

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1 PhD Student in Culture and Communication, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran

2 Professor, Faculty of Islamic Studies Culture and Communication, Imam Sadiq (AS) University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

There have been different views on the extent of the intervention of the governments, and even the government intervention itself, in culture. Different schools, on the basis of their own definitions of culture (from limiting culture to art at one end of the spectrum to considering it as a macro or omnipresent entity at the other end) and those of government (from a minimal view of the government on one side of the spectrum to a maximum one on the other side) have taken special positions on this issue. This study is an attempt to answer the question of ‘what is the extent of the intervention of a religious government in culture?’ In this research, documentary method has been adopted to study the concepts, background of the research, and the theoretical studies. Then, through descriptive-analytical method, the limits of the intervention of the  religious government in three levels of supervision, support, and being in charge in the areas of (1) economy of culture, (2) implementation of the cultural affairs, and (3) rights of culture (policy making, legislation,  and making regulations on culture have been explained.Under normal circumstances, in the field of the economy of culture, only supervision is approved, while in  implementation of cultural affairs, only being in charge is not approved. Of course, in abnormal conditions (lack of the realization of public interests), the findings are different as they have been mentioned in the summary section. In the field of cultural rights, the level of oversight and support is approved and in the level of being in charge in macro-policy-making and legislation, they should be done in terms of social inclination, and in micro-policy-making and regulations, they should be done with the participation of other beneficiaries.

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  • Receive Date: 06 February 2021
  • Revise Date: 01 November 2021
  • Accept Date: 09 November 2021

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