A Study of Social Mechanisms of Long-Term Conflict Intervention in Contemporary Iran

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K18270
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
• Research Institution: National Museum of Ethnology
• Principal Investigator: Kuroda Kenji 国立民族学博物館, 現代中東地域研究国立民族学博物館拠点, 特任助教 (00725161)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 紛争の長期化のメカニズム / 中東 / イラン / 殉教

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Since the "Arab Uprising," Syria and other countries in the Middle East have been in a long-term state of conflict, with conflict intervention by neighboring countries as well as superpowers such as the United States and Russia. With regard to Iran, which represents a neighboring country that intervenes in conflicts as well as conducted certain democratic procedure in the domestic politics, this study has attempted to elucidate the social mechanisms that enable conflict intervention/prevent criticism of conflict intervention. In this moment, given the heavy use of religious concepts as the ideological cornerstone of the state, this study focused on the discourse structure surrounding "martyr (shahid)". Through empirical research methods including fieldwork, this study revealed that the partyhood of different conflicts has been centralized in the state discourse through the manipulation of the "martyr" concept.

Free Research Field

地域研究

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は中東地域研究として、中東地域の実態について明らかにしてきた学術的意義に加え、紛争という中東地域で発生してきたマクロな現象が継続的に発生するメカニズムについて、日常のミクロな人の営みに基づいて実証的に検証するという方法論的な意義がある。こうした方法論的な意義は、同時に平和あるいは紛争に対するミクロな個人の主体性を明らかにすることでもあり、個々人の平和に対する日常的な貢献の可能性と責任を示したものであるという社会的な意義をもつ。