Globalization and Cultural Positions of Islamic Republic of Iran based On Agent- Structure theory

Globalization is a powerful and progressive process that challenges the power of governments in all political، economic، technological، and cultural aspects and provides them with opportunities and threats in their policy making. Globalization theoreticians believe that information revolution has made the cultural aspect of globalization as its most powerful and widespread aspect challenging cultural policies of the countries and causing different reactions from their side. Studying reactions and cultural positions of Islamic Republic of Iran due to the cultural identity of its revolution is of special importance. Considering differing positions of Iranian statesmen towards globalization، this paper intends to investigate this issue from sociological perspective within Agent- Structure theory in during presidencies of Hashemi، Khatami، and Ahmadinejad. The main question is “what is the interactional role of Agent- Structure in the cultural globalization process and formation of cultural positions in post war administrations?” The hypothesis was that cultural positions of Islamic Republic of Iran towards cultural globalization during the three administrations have been different considering the Agent- Structure theory. As the purpose of the study is to scientifically investigate the relationship between agent- structure and cultural positions of Islamic republic of Iran in the globalization process، it is descriptive-explanatory and the data have been collected and analyzed through library- documentation studies method