Socio-Cultural Strategy

Socio-Cultural Strategy

Quantitative analysis of the sources of soft power of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the document of components of Iranian national identity

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
gholamreza jamshidiha 1
سیدمحمدجواد قربی 2
1 Full Professor of Islamic Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2 Master's student of Islamic thought, researcher of the history of revolution and political thought of Muslim thinkers, Tehran, Iran (Corresponding author).
10.22034/scs.2023.314962.1387
Abstract
Identifying sources of soft power is one of the important issues that political actors are sensitive to in recent decades, and government officials are monitoring the policy making in the field of power sources. The first step in the process of promoting the soft power of countries is to know the local internal and external sources of power. For this purpose, this article tries to examine the sources of soft power of the Islamic Republic of Iran and, on a case-by-case basis, will examine the document of the components of the national identity of Iranians. This article tries to answer this question by using documentary studies and the theoretical model of the three sources of soft power. What are the sources of soft power of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the document on the components of Iranian national identity and what components do they include? The research method of this article is a quantitative content analysis with a single word analysis approach in the document on the components of the national identity of Iranians. The findings of the article show that there are three political, scientific and cultural sources in this document, some of their components are; National unity, cultural convergence with the Islamic world, global mission, political honor and governorship, scientific productions, Islamic-Iranian identity, historical and cultural heritage, religion, Persian language, etc., which attention to them can strengthen the national power of Iran. Increase in internal and external levels.
Keywords
Soft power
science and knowledge
document of components of Iranian national identity
Islamic Republic of Iran
national culture
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  • Receive Date 16 December 2022
  • Revise Date 24 February 2023
  • Accept Date 24 February 2023