Mohammad – Taqi Bahar had been living in a historical period of Iran in which religious, geographical boundaries, culture and Iran`s sovereignty were exposed to numerous threats. Indeed, he, as a pious patriot, had a complete knowledge about these issues and attentively took into consideration the national identity phenomenon in his books and poets. They mostly consists the historical and po...

identity is one of the focal concepts and ideas for any human being. any kind of activity carried out by human is an attempt to gain identity which his weltanschauung-oriented ideals determine for him. contemplating the significance and inner nature of objects and actions can function as one of the most important creators of the identity of the individual, society, and the city. different faces...

the alsace-lorraine region in france has been at the center of many fateful events, such as two world wars, due to its distinct geographical placement between two important european countries – that is, france and germany. the identity of the alsace-lorraine population has had many links with germany because of geographical, linguistic and historical features that the two share. moreover, throu...

Diverse theories suggest that people are motivated to maintain or enhance feelings of self-esteem, continuity, distinctiveness, belonging, efficacy, and meaning in their identities. Four studies tested the influence of these motives on identity construction, by using a multilevel regression design. Participants perceived as more central those identity elements that provided a greater sense of s...

the sand ch ild is the m asterpiece by the moro ccan- french au thor, tahar ben-jel loun. in this maste rpiece, by rec alling the memories of h is na tive cou ntry and omi tting the boun dry betwe en reali ty and fan tasy, ben -j ell oun has crat ed a world which is the combination of these two elements. ben-jelloun presents symbolically in this work, a tragic matter. in this masterpiece, the a...

since iranian society is passing from the traditional identity to the modern identity, the present study, using social interpretivism, studies the challenges that youth deal with in everyday life in terms of identity. using the qualitative and the interview technique, we have tried to achieve a grounded theory.  based on theoretical sampling and the standard of theorical saturation, 28 young pe...