The dominance of shame or sin-oriented culture in the Iranian society
Shame and guilt, as universal and self-conscious emotions, exist in every aspect of our every-day lives. These two feelings effectively enhance the process of human socialization; they normally occur as a response to a negative evaluation of the self, which is typically based on societal standards....
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fas |
| Published: |
Iranian Institute for Social and Cultural Studies
2020-09-01
|
| Series: | Taḥqīqāt-i Farhangī-i Īrān |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.jicr.ir/article_415_89161594f9051d0184e89156ca60f616.pdf |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1850192142726594560 |
|---|---|
| author | R. Pishghadam A. Firooziyan Pour Esfahani A. Firooziyan Pour Esfahani |
| author_facet | R. Pishghadam A. Firooziyan Pour Esfahani A. Firooziyan Pour Esfahani |
| author_sort | R. Pishghadam |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Shame and guilt, as universal and self-conscious emotions, exist in every aspect of our every-day lives. These two feelings effectively enhance the process of human socialization; they normally occur as a response to a negative evaluation of the self, which is typically based on societal standards. The above-mentioned emotions are considered as universal phenomena, however, culture can affect both. The way we value the emotions is under the influence of culture. Given the culture-specific patterns of emotions, the present research made an investigation of “shame” and “guilt”, as concepts based on culture in the Persian context. This study aimed at studying the linguistic elements stating the emotions of shame (sharmsâri, rou siyâhi, khajelat, nang, biâberouei, khejâlat, khajoul, hayâ, âberou, kamrou, etc.) and guilt (taghsir, moghaser, gonâhkâr, etc.) in the Persian language. In order to achieve this purpose, 756 natural contexts in which the utterances related to shame and guilt have been used were recorded. The data collected was then analyzed based on Dell Hymes’ SPEAKING model (1967); the various social aspects which were related to these two emotions were, then, extracted. The research made use of a corpus-based approach, and the findings of the study pointed out the importance and dominance of shame in the Iranian culture compared to guilt. The reason has its roots in the dominance of the collectivist culture among Iranians. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-bafe62ee8d4b429a94310352cd6cf95d |
| institution | OA Journals |
| issn | 2008-1847 2476-5058 |
| language | fas |
| publishDate | 2020-09-01 |
| publisher | Iranian Institute for Social and Cultural Studies |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Taḥqīqāt-i Farhangī-i Īrān |
| spelling | doaj-art-bafe62ee8d4b429a94310352cd6cf95d2025-08-20T02:14:41ZfasIranian Institute for Social and Cultural StudiesTaḥqīqāt-i Farhangī-i Īrān2008-18472476-50582020-09-011339513010.22035/jicr.2020.2392.2854415The dominance of shame or sin-oriented culture in the Iranian societyR. Pishghadam0A. Firooziyan Pour Esfahani1A. Firooziyan Pour Esfahani2Professor of Social Psychology in TEFL, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Khorasan-e Razawi, IranAssistant Professor of Linguistics, Damghan University, Semnan, IranEnglish department, Imam Reza International UniversityAssistant Professor of Linguistics, Imam Reza International University of Mashhad Khorasan-e Razawi, IranShame and guilt, as universal and self-conscious emotions, exist in every aspect of our every-day lives. These two feelings effectively enhance the process of human socialization; they normally occur as a response to a negative evaluation of the self, which is typically based on societal standards. The above-mentioned emotions are considered as universal phenomena, however, culture can affect both. The way we value the emotions is under the influence of culture. Given the culture-specific patterns of emotions, the present research made an investigation of “shame” and “guilt”, as concepts based on culture in the Persian context. This study aimed at studying the linguistic elements stating the emotions of shame (sharmsâri, rou siyâhi, khajelat, nang, biâberouei, khejâlat, khajoul, hayâ, âberou, kamrou, etc.) and guilt (taghsir, moghaser, gonâhkâr, etc.) in the Persian language. In order to achieve this purpose, 756 natural contexts in which the utterances related to shame and guilt have been used were recorded. The data collected was then analyzed based on Dell Hymes’ SPEAKING model (1967); the various social aspects which were related to these two emotions were, then, extracted. The research made use of a corpus-based approach, and the findings of the study pointed out the importance and dominance of shame in the Iranian culture compared to guilt. The reason has its roots in the dominance of the collectivist culture among Iranians.http://www.jicr.ir/article_415_89161594f9051d0184e89156ca60f616.pdfcultulingculturology of languageguilthymes’ speaking modelshame |
| spellingShingle | R. Pishghadam A. Firooziyan Pour Esfahani A. Firooziyan Pour Esfahani The dominance of shame or sin-oriented culture in the Iranian society Taḥqīqāt-i Farhangī-i Īrān cultuling culturology of language guilt hymes’ speaking model shame |
| title | The dominance of shame or sin-oriented culture in the Iranian society |
| title_full | The dominance of shame or sin-oriented culture in the Iranian society |
| title_fullStr | The dominance of shame or sin-oriented culture in the Iranian society |
| title_full_unstemmed | The dominance of shame or sin-oriented culture in the Iranian society |
| title_short | The dominance of shame or sin-oriented culture in the Iranian society |
| title_sort | dominance of shame or sin oriented culture in the iranian society |
| topic | cultuling culturology of language guilt hymes’ speaking model shame |
| url | http://www.jicr.ir/article_415_89161594f9051d0184e89156ca60f616.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT rpishghadam thedominanceofshameorsinorientedcultureintheiraniansociety AT afirooziyanpouresfahani thedominanceofshameorsinorientedcultureintheiraniansociety AT afirooziyanpouresfahani thedominanceofshameorsinorientedcultureintheiraniansociety AT rpishghadam dominanceofshameorsinorientedcultureintheiraniansociety AT afirooziyanpouresfahani dominanceofshameorsinorientedcultureintheiraniansociety AT afirooziyanpouresfahani dominanceofshameorsinorientedcultureintheiraniansociety |