Document Type : Science - Research (Iranian Political issues)

Authors

• rashid jafarpoor Kolouri ¹
• SAJJAD CHITFOROUSH ²

¹ PhD in Political Science, Deputy Director General of the Office of Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Tehran, I.R.Iran. (Corresponding author)

² Assistant Professor of Political Science, Imam Hossein University, Tehran, I.R.Iran.

Abstract

One of the important concepts and influenced by the thought of the leaders of the Islamic Revolution is the concept of "Resistance", which in the past few decades of Islamic Iran, has created a broad current of thought in various fields. for example; in the field of foreign policy, by influencing the developments in the region, it has changed many international equations in favor of the oppressed nations of the region. However, this idea has brought various costs to the countries of the resistance. Experience has shown that in order to reduce costs, intellectual and cultural institutions need to help further clarify the issue. One of the most important of these institutions is the university. The university has various educational, research and cultural functions, and based on these functions, it can be the basis for expanding and deepening the discourse of resistance. The main question of the present article is "What are the most important practical functions of the university in developing the idea of resistance?" In this research, using the theory of structural functionalism and with a descriptive-analytical approach and collecting and analyzing data from various educational, research and cultural sources and documents, the subject has been studied. The results show that the university has done many activities in the field of research and culture due to expanding the concept of resistance, but in the field of education and the establishment of disciplines related to resistance needs more scientific activities.

Keywords

• Islamic Revolution
• Islamic Republic of Iran
• University
• Gasem  Soleimani 
• Culture
• Resistance