Prevalence of postmodern values and factors affecting them (case study: Kermanshah city)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD student in Sociology, Dehaghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Dehaghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Dehaghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan, Iran.

Abstract

The aim of this research is to investigate the prevalence of postmodern values ​​and the factors affecting them based on structural equations. This research was descriptive and causal. The statistical population studied was all the citizens in Kermanshah city in 2017, of which 625 people were selected and studied based on Cochran's formula and quota sampling method. The data collection tool was a questionnaire made by the researcher by adapting questionnaires from other researches, and statistical analyzes were performed based on the structural equation using Spss and Amos programs. The regression values ​​of the structural equation model indicate that the prevalence of low mortality values ​​is (0.72) on emotional deterioration, (0.66) on consumerism, (0.54) on relationship fluidity, and (0.54) 0.31) is effective on relativism. The research findings are consistent with the theories of Giddens, Lyotard, Charles Jenks, deconstruction theory, Jameson, Nietzsche, Crack, Keith Nash, Baudrillard, Mark C. Taylor, Foucault, and David Harvey.

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