چکیده:
Modernity is a concept which has been investigated from different aspects. Probc. bLy one the most valid theories in this field is Giddens’s theory. Giddens originally considers modernity as a cultural trend that has arrived new phase and has its own characteristics in all social life aspects. Reviewing Giddens’s theory shows the claims expressing that modernity shows itself in leisure time. It means the time that people shape their own lifestyle and identity reflexively. This essay investigates this question in a concrete way that on the basis of passing the leisure time among juveniles، to what extent modernity has been institutionalized in our society. Our Objective findings which have been gained by questioning 30 young people from 20 to 30 years old show that modern preferences and desires exist amony young people in Tehran، but material infrastructures and economical conditions for actualizing them don’t exist in the society.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Understanding the nature of Iranian society based on the leisure patterns of the younger generation Taqi Azad Armaki, Hamed Akbari (Received: 2011/08/13 Accepted: 2011/11/15) Abstract Modernity 3 is a concept that has been studied from various angles so far.
This article examines the integrative 6 question of how much modernity, as a cultural characteristic, has been institutionalized 7 in our society based on the type of leisure activities of young people, as one of the social classes.
In this research, we will use Anthony Giddens' theoretical framework to measure modernity in Iranian society, so that we can discuss the nature of the leisure patterns of young people in Tehran and ultimately make it possible to discuss the dimensions of Iranian modernity.
These changes are caused by various demographic, cultural, communicative, economic, and international factors and create conditions that habits, traditions, norms, and generally the general rules of social life, _________________________________________________________________ that has existed in society for a long time is challenged, and this leads individuals to consciously and thoughtfully reconsider and reconstruct the rules and principles of their lives in new conditions that differ significantly from the past.
Giddens, in detailed discussions about modernity, enumerates the characteristics of modernity as follows: weakening of tradition and its fading in people's decisions and attitudes (Giddens, 1383: 289), individualism (Giddens, 1386: 43), specialization (Giddens, 1384: 40), special attention to the future as a period full of new and unforeseen situations (risk) that differs fundamentally from the past and present (Giddens, 1387: 60), reflexivity and thoughtfulness (Giddens, 1387: 424).
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