A Comparative Study of Scientific Research Program (Lakatosh) with the Components of Cultural Diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in India

Abstract

Diplomacy in the new century has reached new concepts and components by passing traditional concepts in a paradigm shift, and cultural diplomacy is at the forefront in this direction. Cultural diplomacy has shifted from a state-centered action to a state-audience-oriented action that uses quasi-state and non-state actors to carry it out. Iran and India, as two countries that were neighbors until a few decades ago, have common civilizational concepts, which are objective and subjective. In this applied research, an attempt is made to use the available library and internet resources, with a descriptive-analytical method and its comparison with a Scientific research program, we are seeking to answer the question: What components play a role in Iran's cultural diplomacy in India? How are these components applied in the scientific research program? The research hypothesis is that the Islamic Republic of Iran has religious, civilizational, normative, value, cultural, and artistic components. The scientific research program can be used as a suitable model for analyzing the components and characteristics of the cultural diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in India. Therefore, in the research program of the cultural diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in India, the religious and civilizational components (Islamic--Iranian) of the hardcore; cultural and artistic components of the Protective belt; values and normative components are the Positive heuristics; and not leaving the Islamic-Iranian components or in other words, returning to the components of pre-Islamic Iranian is the negative heuristic of this program. Therefore, while introducing the components in this article, we will apply them in the scientific research program.