نویسنده
دبیر شورای عالی نظریه پردازی، نقد و مناظره ، استاد جامعهشناسی و عضو هیئت علمی دانشکده امنیت ملی، دانشگاه عالی دفاع ملی، تهران، ایران.
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسنده [English]
Ethnicity, as a theoretical construct in the humanities and social sciences, has consistently been the subject of research and scrutiny across these disciplines. Despite a significant accumulation of theoretical reflections and empirical studies in these fields, scholars and thinkers continue to face numerous unresolved questions and ambiguities. One such area of accumulated inquiry is the question of how to theoretically conceptualize ethnicity, which is the focus of the present article. To address the article's central concern, the researcher, while considering prominent and suitably reiterable theories - including classical, modern, and postmodern theories - has extracted their strengths and weaknesses. By focusing on the nature and characteristics of Iranian society and emphasizing an "Essentialist" approach to Iranian ethnic groups, the researcher has proposed their own theory under the title "Fractal Ethnicity." The central thesis of the Fractal Ethnicity theory is founded on the proposition that "Iranian ethnic groups, in terms of their discursive essence, exhibit a fractal nature and a unitary quality, while in terms of their structural and representational form, they possess a pluralistic quality." Consequently, the Fractal Ethnicity theory addresses ten principles as its foundational framework and main axes of discussion: "Unity in Diversity," "Self-Similarity," "Synchronic Evolution," "Self-Referentiality," "Substitutability," "Simple Foundational Rules," "Continuity and Persistence," "Dynamism and Historicity," "Mnemonic Capacity," and "Coexistence."
کلیدواژهها [English]
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