Khosropanah: By promoting crime in home series, do you expect murder to not happen in society?

According to Fars news agency, Hojjatul Islam Khosrupanah, the secretary of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution, today Sunday (October 30th) at the meeting of the managers of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, affiliated organizations and related institutions with the approach of explaining the Supreme Leader’s menu in the field of culture, which was held at the Roudaki Hall in Tehran. Referring to the recent events in Gaza, he stated: The huge victory caused by the Al-Aqsa storm showed the hypocrisy of the Zionist regime, the defeat of the Zionist regime in this operation was irreparable and showed how weak and incapable the Zionists are in terms of security. There are those who do not even have the courage to carry out ground operations against the people of Gaza

In the other part of his speech, he said: despite all the sanctions, cultural managers were able to organize very good exhibitions such as the Quran, book, etc. We have several categories in the field of culture that should be seen separately and independently. The first issue is the discussion of culture theory, which includes various activities in fields such as music, books, etc.

According to Khosropanah, in our era, no one has spoken as much about culture as the Supreme Leader. He compared culture to the air in which we breathe. Culture is a social institution that includes the field of knowledge, insight, attitude and action.

Khosrupanah stated: Some theorists define culture as an arm that includes only the sphere of action, but culture definitely has the sphere of knowledge, insight, attitude, character, action and tendency. If we institutionalize these areas at the level of society, culture will be created. Culture is not an individual thing, but a social thing and institution, and therefore has a sociological category. We need to know the level of knowledge and insight and attitude of our society and to what extent our society is rational and memory-oriented.

The Secretary of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution added: We must know to what extent our society is influenced by foreign cultures. When we talk about the theory of culture, sometimes we express it philosophically and sometimes sociologically. Sometimes we say that society’s culture consists of vision based on faith, character based on virtue and action based on rationality, which is called culture. We must remember that this topic is a philosophical cultural theory.

He stated: Sometimes we seek to provide a sociological definition of culture. Unfortunately, many vices have been attributed to Iranians in some writings. Of course, this movement started from the time of Shah Abbas II and Orientalists attributed this negative view to Iranians. This issue became a bit wider during Pahlavi’s time and the books after the revolution that were presented by some people also fueled this issue. Of course, we don’t intend to attribute a set of virtues to Iranians and say nothing about problems, but many researches and writings in this field are one-sided. These writings, especially in the last two centuries, have inspired us so much that Iranians cannot have any activity and development. Therefore, when a development occurs in Iran, the world is surprised. What some sociologists think about the culture of Iranians is a humiliating culture, but we believe that the culture of the Iranian people is a powerful culture. The subject that is presented after the cultural theory is the theory of culture governance.

He reminded: In cultural governance, i.e. in policy making and regulation, the more there is participation of stakeholders and elites, the more successful the governance will be. Today, there are many definitions, especially from Westerners, in relation to governance. The governance styles that are discussed in the West are pyramidal, corporate and network. Hierarchical governance is governance that is provided from top to bottom officials. Corporate governance is for the powerful who have the artistic power in their hands to move things forward. Network governance also means everyone’s participation in different cultural fields, which is the best type of governance. In this context, the theory of Islam is the rulership of the state in which the general axis is the pole of the society. Centrality means that stakeholders, people and elites are far away, but this governance is closer to network governance. In cultural governance, we should have the maximum participation of stakeholders and elites. Of course, there may be differences in this field among the elites, etc., which is natural.

Stating that we also have democracy in the field of economy, he said: We must make sure that the cultural governance model of a state network is formed, which is the best type of governance. It is a defect that our decisions in the field of entrepreneurship are not based on the cultural governance model. After explaining the philosophical and sociological theory and the governance of the field of culture, we should know that we must be careful in the field of culture so as not to get caught up in politics. Cultural governance needs politics, but when it gets caught up in politics, culture will suffer.

The Secretary of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution stated: The Supreme Leader has completely scientific and academic issues in the field of culture. In the field of culture, dialogue is very important and artists should talk to each other in all artistic disciplines. For example, in today’s home series, the promotion of smoking, alcohol and gambling weakens families, which is one of our red lines in movies and series. Unfortunately, in most of the series, they deal with murder and crime.

He clarified: Today, it is possible to make an attractive series and at the same time preserve Islamic and moral values. Therefore, we need to establish dialogue bases in this field.

The Secretary of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution also noted about music: There are many ambiguities in the field of music that have not been resolved yet. In my opinion, we have forbidden many musical praises. None of our devices and musical instruments have the richness of Lahoi. Unfortunately, we have abused some of the topics of cinema, music, handicrafts, etc. Iran is the first country in the world in the diversity of handicrafts. Unfortunately, we have not shown this capacity of visual arts and handicrafts backed by wisdom to the world.

He added: Today it is possible to make an attractive series and at the same time preserve Islamic and moral values. Even in the field of music, there are still many unsolved mysteries. In my opinion, we have forbidden many musical bragging rights. None of our devices and musical instruments have the richness of Lahoi. Unfortunately, we have neglected some topics of cinema, music, handicrafts, etc.

Khosrupanah said: Today we must show the world the ratio of wisdom and art. The Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution is fully at the service of the country’s culture. We do not consider the council separate from the Ministry of Guidance and we must facilitate cultural affairs. We hope that with the upcoming programs of the Ministry of Guidance, it will be able to create some kind of facilitation in cultural affairs.

The Secretary of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution continued: Watch the home series. Smoking, alcohol and gambling are seen in movies. Are these in strengthening the family? Our red line in movies and series is family. Most of the serials promote crime and murder. Each episode is a plot to kill someone. Then we will tell why some murders happen in society.

He continued: Someone should collect statistics from these series and movies. How many of these are in family consolidation? They should accept the scripts rationally. It is possible to make a good film that respects Islamic values ​​at the same time. What is the message of our films and what effect does it have on family consolidation? It is the same in the field of music. We still haven’t solved many of the musical ambiguities. We have forbidden many musical praises. None of our devices and musical instruments have the richness of Lahoi. I know both devices and instruments.

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