A Sociological study of the socio-cultural changes of Tabriz Bazaar
Subject Areas : Urban Sociological Studies
Keywords: Social changes, Bazaar, cultural norms, Value System, Reliogisity,
Abstract :
. The Bazaar has long had many functions in the lives of many people but with the spread of modernism it, as a socio-economic unit, has lost many of its functions and no longer plays the economic role that it played in the past and its participants no longer observe the ethical norms that once were dominant in the Bazaar. This study examined the changes that have occured in social and cultural values among the Tabriz Bazaar merchants. The research population of this investigation consisted of all the merchants of the Tabriz Bazzar. In-depth interviews were conducted with 55 of the merchants. The findings were analyzed by content analysis and the Spss software. The findings showed that one the most important social changes is the transformations that have happened in the normative structure of the merchants, namely the reduction in compliance with ethical norms. The most important cultural changes are the reduction of adherence to religious principles and non-compliance with religious norms, reduction in relations with and the following of religious scholars among the merchants.