Study and analysis of socio-cultural themes based on the teachings of Nahj al-Balaghah

Subject Areas : Culture

Seyedeh Nasrin Mosavi ¹ , mohamadreza shadmanamen ²

1 - PhD Student in Persian Literature, Khalkhal Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khalkhal, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Literature, Khalkhal Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khalkhal, Iran

Received: 2022-01-20 Accepted : 2022-03-12 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: Content Analysis, Nahj al-Balaghah teachings, socio-cultural themes,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study is to study and analyze socio-cultural themes based on the teachings of Nahj al-Balaghah during the last fifteen years (from 2001 to 2016). In this research, the author seeks to ask how much the authors pay attention to socio-cultural themes and which concepts in the socio-cultural field they pay more attention to. The articles written in this regard were identified, retrieved and classified based on the list of Persian articles and the bibliography of Nahj al-Balaghah. Then, using a qualitative method of content analysis, the concepts and social teachings of Nahj al-Balaghah were extracted from the articles and after statistical inference of the concepts, analytical findings were presented.Findings indicate that among the extracted concepts, the concepts of justice, governance, democracy and tolerance, rightism, social criticism and glory of the people, as the most important socio-cultural themes of Nahj al-Balagheh have been considered by the authors in this period when quantitative and qualitative reasons. Attention to this concept has been provided.