Sociology
Hasan Saraie; Morteza Khoshamadi
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Each form of religiousness grows at the heart of a “religious society”, and a “religious” society is always to some extent organized. In the “sociology of religion”, the study of social dynamics related to the religious society is defined under the concept of “religious ...
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Each form of religiousness grows at the heart of a “religious society”, and a “religious” society is always to some extent organized. In the “sociology of religion”, the study of social dynamics related to the religious society is defined under the concept of “religious organization”. From long ago, one of the concerns of sociology of religion has been to study and understand the various methods of organization in religious societies. Through an analytical-descriptive study of different approaches and the transformations in this field, the present paper aims to extract “the main criteria” of these typologies. Extracting “the main criteria” would familiarize us with the logic of these typologies, and it shall contribute to presenting alternative, domestic typologies in the framework of Islamic tradition. Therefore, the method of research is documentary, and the main purpose of the study is to understand the fundamental dynamics of the typologies of mystical organizations in theoretical literature. With this purpose in mind, we have examined the available literature through two general approaches: a) a formal approach to the typology of religious organizations; and b) a quantitative approach to the typology of religious organizations. The formal approach is mainly based on Weber’s theories, however, the quantitative approach has been put forth in critique of the formal approach. By studying various typologies and their theoretical principles, we see that the two criteria of a) the extent of organization and b) the extent of tension against the host culture enjoy central importance in the typology of religious organizations.
Abolfazl Zolfaghari; Saeedeh Karami
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Abolfazl Zolfaghari Saeideh Karami Date of Receive: 2012/10/2Date of Accept: 2013/5/11AbstractLegitimacy is one of the fundamental bases of sustainability of political system. According to Beetham's definition; wherever power is achieved and applied according to justified rules and with evidence of consent, ...
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Abolfazl Zolfaghari Saeideh Karami Date of Receive: 2012/10/2Date of Accept: 2013/5/11AbstractLegitimacy is one of the fundamental bases of sustainability of political system. According to Beetham's definition; wherever power is achieved and applied according to justified rules and with evidence of consent, it can be called the right or legitimate power. Giddens argues that the legitimacy of the political systems under the impact of modern information and communication technology and its manifestations, such as Internet and satellites is suffering from insecurity and crisis. This paper studies relationship between Usage of Internet and Satellite and the rate of legitimacy of political system among youth. Analyzing mentioned relationship, survey research has been conducted among 376 youth (18-29 years old) in Khomein city by two-stages sampling. The results indicate that the proposed theoretical model has empirical support. So that there is relationship between quantitative and qualitative aspects of satellite usage which includes of average of usage during the week, access experience, usage type and usage pattern and between qualitative aspects of Internet usage which consists of usage type and pattern with rate of legitimacy of political system. According to the accepted definition of Beetham, the rate of legitimacy of political system in mentioned city is 0.59 percent.
maryam bijhani; kazem motamed nejhad; mohsen alini
Volume 16, Issue 46 , November 2009, , Pages 107-137
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This article studies change of media political discourses in field of government and religion interaction in Iran by Focusing on political power legitimacy 3- fold kinds in thought of Max Weber and meanwhile surveying formal political discourses (government) and their intended legitimacy in system of ...
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This article studies change of media political discourses in field of government and religion interaction in Iran by Focusing on political power legitimacy 3- fold kinds in thought of Max Weber and meanwhile surveying formal political discourses (government) and their intended legitimacy in system of Islamic Republic, determines legal legitimacy position in periods after revolution and at the same time delivers landscape of prevailing aspect of legitimacy of political system has been always in shade of charismatic legitimacy and after it in edge of traditional legitimacy and it seems it will be empowered in future too
