this study investigates the strategies native english and persian speakers employ for expressing gratitude in different situations. the strategies of persian efl learners are also compared with english strategies in order to find the differences that may exist between these two languages. social status and size of imposition of the favor are social variables which are investigated in detail for...

The study of spiritual experiences of Jalal al-Din of Balkh (604-672 Lunar) through his life and works indicates that he is always looking for new ,dynamic and perfect needs. This kind of attitude mixed by such positive and ultimate outlook towards man which humanist psychologists have talked regarding this subject in their theories. In the present paper, Rumi’s eventful life joined with ...

the present paper deals with criminal issues. for example, legal injunction on the necessity of returning a deposit has a legal nature and legal injunction on the punishment of those who breach the trust has a criminal nature. existing social issues are the basis of classification of some instances into the issue, some of which are based on variation and others on quality. therefore, the motiva...

    The improvement of quality of life is assumed as one of the basic topics in the contemporary psychology. Today, plenty of philosophers, sociologists and psychologists have functionalist perspective to the religion. It means that, instead of rational discussion on religion (realistic approach), they discuss on effects of results of the theoretical and practical binding to the ...

the purpose of this study is identifying effective factors which make customers shop online in iran and investigating the importance of discovered factors in online customers’ decision. in the identifying phase, to discover the factors affecting online shopping behavior of customers in iran, the derived reference model summarizing antecedents of online shopping proposed by change et al. was us...

From Behind the Glasses in The Light of New Historicism  A review and critique of the play From Behind the Glasses Tayybeh Nasrollahi   PhD student of Persian language and literature, Allameh Tabataba'i University  [email protected]   Abstract From the perspective of modern historicism, literature and history are influenced by the forces of cultural discourse and social action. New ...

Tabatabai’s theory about the meaning of life can be referred to as active objectivism, where a man plays an important role in achieving the meaningful life, rather than merely discovering the divine view about his existence. If the man chooses the divine purpose from a “real life” perspective as his meaning of life, God’s purpose and man’s purpose will converge in order to shape a meaningful li...