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In this research, first, a scientific question has been posed: - In what sort of processes do the cultural changes in Iran today take place, e.g. consensus-orinted or conflict-orinted?
Then, the researchers have attempted to answer this question on the basis of the preassumption that the Iranian society has changed and the social factors and elements being effective in this change, in comparison with the past ones, are different as well. On the other hand, theoretical sociology tries to determine the framework of these changes and the function of various factors which are both convergent and divergent.
Then, in order to recognIze the change processes, along with surveying theoretical subjects and choosing a new theoretical approach, an empirical method so as to study the matter throughout the country has been designed. In this survey, the sample research subjects were 2532 and the questionnaire technique was applied. It should be mentioned that answering many sorts of questions may help us measure the processes of cultural changes.
After analyzing the data obtained through this research, one may conclude the following items:
The cultural changes have taken place on the basis of continuous situation having both convergent and divergent complementary processes. Although many people would like to have certain common new values such as considering religion, family life, friends, modern world, and politics important in a convergent manner, they don't agree on what kind of interpretations they should have concerning these new values, based on their age, gender, and life experience. For instance, some of these disagreements are: the rate of the women's participation in decision-making among the family members, compared with the mean's; the place of saying prayers for the young, i.e. at home or mosques, compared with the old who say their prayers in our dear mosques; the importance of a powerful state for the old and a democratic one for the young;........
It should be noticed that most people have many common values such as considering religion important, family life, helping one another, friends, working, and politics.