نوع مقاله : علمی-پژوهشی
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عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Abstract
This research was conducted with the aim of understanding the interpretation of the meaning of altruism as well as the areas affecting altruism in social relations among young people in a qualitative method with thematic analysis technique. Data collection was done by snowball method with 41 young people in different disciplines with semi-structured interviews.After examining the texts of the interviews and thematic analysis, 8 main themes were obtained,which are: responsibility,Social tolerance, social belonging, equality of opportunities,and
multiculturalism, patriotism, social hope, and meritocracy.Only the theme of high patriotism and the sense of altruism in social relations is not acceptable. The importance of reciprocity and attention to it increases social cohesion and constructive social life, and to improve and increase reciprocity in the structural field, it is necessary to recognize and interact between the demands of young people and decision-making centers at macro levels and create conditions to respond to the needs of the times and We are forward-looking.
Keywords: Altruism , youth, social relations, Qualitative method , thematic analysis.
Introduction
Social life is always dependent on rituals and frameworks, and the most important principles and characteristics of social life can be the understanding and perception of people from social relations. In other words, constructive social life refers to constructive social relations. In this regard, dynamic social relations are meaningful with criteria such as: selflessness, benevolence, responsibility, worthy thoughts and actions, etc. However, statistics and research data do not show acceptable conditions regarding human principles and standards in social relations. Social researchers agree that social ethics in our society have been shaken. In the new age, the necessity and importance of reciprocity increases.Altruism increases emotional links between people in social relationships.
Research Question And Hypothesis
The urban space is the space of inequalities, the space of competition, commoditized social relations, calculations, instrumental reason, the trend of objectification and economic inequalities, which raises the following question: what is the necessity, importance and place of Altruism in such space and conditions? In the continuation of young people's understanding of Altruism in social relations? What is the young people's assessment of the opportunities and areas that affect reciprocity in social relations?
Materials & Methods
The current research has an exploratory nature, which was carried out with the aim of discovering and interpreting the understanding of Altruism from the perspective of young people in different disciplines. The method of data collection was semi-structured in-depth interview and qualitative method and thematic analysis technique, which tried to reach categories based on the ideas, thoughts and life experiences of young people in the text and social fields.The samples were collected by snowball method with 41 young people in different disciplines with semi-structured interviews.
Discussion & Result
The present study was conducted with the aim of understanding the interpretation of the meaning of being different among young people, after examining the texts of the interviews and analyzing the content of 8 main themes, which are: responsibility of the first theme, social tolerance of the second theme, Social belonging is the third theme, equality of opportunities is the fourth theme, multiculturalism is the fifth theme, patriotism is the sixth theme, social hope is the seventh theme, and meritocracy is the eighth theme.Research data shows that reciprocity is low.The responsibility of citizens as an important personality trait and an important factor for change, but the results of many researches at the country level indicate the low level of responsibility in the different strata.
Regarding social tolerance, issues such as: economic issues, concern for providing basic needs, security, freedom of speech, cause a negative impact on social relations, which brings other consequences such as: self-destruction, aggression and despair.In this regard, the low level of belonging to the city, for example, among the citizens of Tehran, indicates the fact that people do not have a sense of responsibility and cognitive obligation towards their place of living, and in such a situation, people lose their emotional connections to other people's issues. Among other topics related to altruism, equality of opportunities, of course, with a little tolerance, social justice can also be mentioned. In the national survey of values and attitudes of Iranians, the idea of social justice in Iran has decreased and is associated with pessimism.
Regarding the theme of social hope, despite the vital importance of social hope, statistics and figures show the critical nature and low level of social hope. Iranian society has gradually faced the very worrying reality of despair, and social hope has decreased compared to the past and is still moving in a decreasing trend. Among the themes related to altruism, only the theme of patriotism where the available data shows that the theme of patriotism is high.
Conclusion
In order to improve and increase reciprocity in the structural field, we need interaction between the demands of the youth and the decision-making centers at the macro levels, as well as recognizing the wishes and needs of the youth and creating conditions to move in the direction of responding to the needs of the time and the future. In addition to the practical field of sharing the demands of young people in the theoretical and theoretical fields to increase altruism, we need to pay attention to methods and theories that are effective in altruism. Altruism is formed from the combination of agency and structure, and although the agency of young people in social fields has increased compared to the past, the increase and improvement of altruism in the social relations of young people is also affected by the functioning of social structures. The theme of social tolerance, the theme of equality of opportunities, the theme of cultural pluralism and the theme of meritocracy show the diversity in the world of young people and it is very important that different opinions and ideas can compete with each other in conditions based on reasoning and dialogue. Plural is a suitable way to respond to the conditions and needs of the time.
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