Jihad of Clarification; A plan for change in social systems

Torkzadeh, Jafar; Pakbaz, Zahra

Jihad of Clarification; A plan for change in social systems

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Jafar Torkzadeh ¹

Zahra Pakbaz ²

¹ Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Planning, School of Education and Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

² Ph.D. Candidate in Educational Administration, Department of Educational Administration and Planning,, School of Education and Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

In recent years, due to the widespread attack of the enemies of Islamic Revolution and the attempt to spread wrong information and distort the facts regarding the performance and achievements of the country in various social, cultural, political and scientific and technological fields, the subject of "Jihad of Clarification" it was proposed by the wise leader of the Islamic Revolution as a jihad-like effort to neutralize the biased goals of the enemies. Since "Jihad of Clarification" is considered as a social process to change the ambiguous situation to a clear and awareness-based situation, in the present study, an attempt was made to present a practical plan for "Jihad of Clarification" based on the "chain of change" in social systems with a qualitative approach and using the philosophical research method. Based on this, document review method was used in data collection and reflective analysis method was used in data mining. Also, the requirements and enabling elements of "Jihad of Clarification" as a social project, in the form of things such as developing and diversification of information and awareness platforms, scientific and logical support in the processes of clarification, observance of ethics and piety of pen and language were analyzed and investigated.

Keywords

Jihad of Clarification

enlightenment

the Chain of change

social systems

Change management

Subjects

Political Thoughts of the Supreme Leader

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