نشریه فرهنگ یزد
سال دوم شماره 7 (پاییز 1399)

The value of working as one of the main elements of the community's construction and the indicators of the economic development of societies, is of great importance today. The aim of this study was to study the value of work among Yazdian citizens. This research was a quantitative correlation method and a survey method was used for its implementation. The statistical population of the study consisted of 17-65 year-old citizens of Yazd, and 405 respondents were selected based on Cochran's formula as the sample. The results showed that working has high value among the respondents. The results of regression showed that the variables of family socialization, amiability and economic facilities had a positive and significant relationship with the work. As the amount of these variables increases, the work value increases. However, the variables of fidelity and pleasure have a negative and significant relationship with the value of working so that the higher the amount of these variables will be reduced from the value of working.

This study aimed to explore the lifestyle of students in Yazd province based on the ideal model of a graduate worthy of the Iranian higher education system. To conduct this research, the survey method was used. The statistical population of this study was the students of Yazd province, and the sample size was specified to be 350 people according to Cochran's formula. The results show that 33.7% of people had a strong desire to serve in the deprived areas. The overall index of efforts to realize the rights of the oppressed and the downtrodden and the reduction of poverty, deprivation and injustice was 6% low, 63.4% medium and 29.4% high. The total index of efforts to participate in the process of growth and development of society, at 52.4%; 44% were moderate and 3.6% were high, and finally the index of efforts to have a positive and maximum impact on the social, political and cultural environment of the society was low in 46.6%; 43.3% was moderate and 10.3% was high. The lifestyle showed that the level of political and social participation of students is not in a favorable situation. Therefore, the attention and better planning of the officials and cultural and educational managers of the country is felt more than ever.

Humanit arianism is one of the historical features of Iranian society and endowment is one of the most important forms of helping Iranians. The Jame-o-elkheirat endowment letter is one of the largest historical endowments in Iran in the last years of the eighth century AH. Since most of the endowments of this endowment letter are related to Yazd province. The purpose of this study is to achieve the social dimensions of the endowment based on the text of the endowment letter. The present research has been done by library method and data have been analyzed by content analysis method. According to the purpose of the research, the dimensions of the comprehensive charity endowment are: religious, educational, helping and self-sacrifice, establishing endowments, and ensuring health. From the point of view of the present study, the "current" of the endowment, which is one of the pillars of the endowment letter, may not have been realized in today's context in the sense that the endowment intended. This issue has been mostly in the face of traditional Iranian society with modern society in which "money" and not "thiol" is the basis of exchange and economic development. Limitations of not buying and selling in these endowments and many other endowments of Iranian society is the most important challenge of "endowment" with a society whose modern market determines its relations and economic foundations. And the final point of the  for the health of the people is in this  letter,

The interpretation of Kashf al-Asrar wa'dat al-Abrar is one of the most important mystical interpretations in Persian. The author of the book, Abolfazl Rashid al-Din Meybodi, interpreted the Holy Quran three times. The first version is the translation of Shiva and Rast; the second version reports and expresses the dignity of the revelation of verses, and the third version is mystical and provides mystical interpretation of Sufism. Through centuries, some scholars have decided to make a selection of the versions to increase its efficiency, and when it was included in the academic textbooks, this attempt was accelerated. The present article reports on a list of these excerpts from the beginning until now

Cultural phenomena are formed within the structures of society, have evolved as rules for collective life and cultural patterns, and have helped nations to grow social sustainability. Studying these phenomena without examining their social roots would look like making reports with only informative value. Exploring the origin of, and conditions for the formation of cultural phenomena from a historical perspective, and their functions in the past and present, can uncover the attempts for cultural growth and sustainability. This study used participant observation and field study method as well as documents and written sources to investigate the social causes and conditions of formation of popular literature especially songs and lullabies and their structural changes in culture. Descriptive and analytical approaches were used to explore the changes in cultural values and beliefs. The results showed a strong correlation between social environment and way of living with nature and popular literature.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between social support and general health of women heads of households under the auspices of the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee during Covid-19 epidemic. This study enjoys a practical orientation and is descriptive as it employs structural equation modeling. The case study consists of women heads of households under the auspices of the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee in Yazd, of whom 140 were selected as the sample through a simple random sampling method. In this research, the data were gathered through social support and public health questionnaire whose reliability and validity were confirmed. The evaluation of the proposed model was performed using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results indicate that the proposed model has a good fit and social support with a direct effect on public health. The more social support received by women heads of households during pandemic, the more general health they have and less likely to develop depression and anxiety as well as higher social functioning. Considering that the condition of corona virus has caused psychological disorders in the community, social support is a good solution to cope with these conditions in reducing psychological disorders