Middle Class and Culture

This work is by Dr. Ataollah Moghadamfar. The book examines culture as an indicator of Iranian society across different social classes, especially the middle class. The author discusses, in five chapters, the concept of culture, cultural consumption and cultural capital, the context and dimensions of cultural policies in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the development of a theoretical framework linking cultural capital and the middle class, and the position of this class within the cultural policies of the Islamic Republic. In Iranian society, the concept of cultural policies holds particular importance and characteristics. Today, Iran forms one of the most complex societies in the world for numerous reasons, with the accumulation and layering of various advances, problems, tensions, conflicts, and unique positions. Therefore, it may not be an exaggeration to claim that contemporary Iran is one of the largest laboratories of social relations and interactions and a critical historical and cultural juncture worldwide, whose fate could answer many fundamental ongoing questions.