تبیین نقش آفرینی جغرافیای فرهنگی در خلق هویت ژئوپلیتیکی (مطالعه موردی: آذربایجان ایران)

جغرافیای فرهنگی آذربایجان در ایران به سرزمین فرهنگی - تاریخی آذربایجان اطلاق می شود که بیانگر اجتماع فرهنگی مشخصی با ویژگی های قومی - زبانی - مذهبی و لذا رفتارهای فرهنگی - هویتی و الگوهای تعاملاتی خاصی در جغرافیای آذربایجان نسبت به مجموعه فرهنگی ایرانی بشمار می‌رود. لذا، می‌توان گفت حس تعلق فرهنگی - جغرافیایی در جامعه آذربایجانی ایران به نحوی شکل گرفته که از لحاظ عاطفی - روانی، دلبستگی و وابستگی جغرافیاییِ آنها را نسبت به سرزمین آذربایجان و ایران نمی توان از یکدیگر جدا تلقی نمود. به عبارتی دیگر، از طرفی جامعه آذربایجانی ایران به جغرافیای آذربایجان حس تعلق جغرافیایی - فرهنگی ویژه ای دارد و این حس تعلق و دلبستگی به صورت آیکونوگرافی - سیرکولاسیون قدرتمندی، وفاداری او را نسبت به ارزش‌های جغرافیایی - فرهنگی محلی تقویت و او را در مسیر حفظ و تثبیت هویت آذربایجانی به حرکت در می آورد. بااین وجود، این حس تعلق به معنی حس بیگانگی از مجموعه ایرانی نیست. لذا، از لحاظ هستی شناختی، در جامعه آذربایجانی ایران حس تعلق و دلبستگی تاریخی - معنوی گسترده ای نیز نسبت به سرزمین ایران (جغرافیای تاریخی) وجود دارد که به راحتی می‏توان عمق و گستردگی حرکت آیکونوگرافی - سیرکولاسیون آن را در یکپارچگی تاریخی - سیاسی، ایثار و وفاداری، گستردگی مشارکت اجتماعی - سیاسی، فخرآفرینی ملی، یکپارچگی و وحدت انسانی و بسیاری دیگر از ویژگی های شاخص فرهنگ سیاسی - اجتماعی و ملی جامعه آذربایجانی در سرزمین ایران و در مسیر پایبندی جغرافیایی - فرهنگی به هویت ایرانی و سربلندی ایران مشاهده نمود.

Explaining the Role of Cultural Geography in the Formation of Geopolitical Identity: A Case Study of Iranian Azerbaijan

Extended Abstract Introduction Iranian society is comprised of a multicultural geography in which around 50 percent of citizens are not from the dominant cultural geography, that is, from Persianspeaking cultural territory. Most of the cultural subterritories in Iranian society are ethnic groups whose population is more concentrated in the border regions of Iran, and these cultural groups have a large geographicalcultural affiliation and unity with large numbers of similar ethnic groups in neighboring areas abroad. However, the cultural geography of Azerbaijan is very different. This cultural territory, unlike other cultural territories in Iran, is geographically and demographically the largest cultural and ethnic geography in Iran. Among the various Iranian culturalethnic groups, the Azerbaijani group is the only ethnic and cultural group that is almost entirely Shiite. However, this cultural group differs markedly from the Iranian cultural complex in terms of ethniclinguistic characteristics. These features, the geographicalcultural unity and demographic and ethniclinguistic homogeneity of Azerbaijan with geography beyond the political and national borders of Iran, the influence of this cultural group throughout history, and the process of being informed by globalization from the external cultural values and homogeneous identities make this cultural subterritory express their identity, their ontological, cultural affiliations and attachments as well as original and native geographical symbols. At the same time, they show adhering, dependency, attachment and sense of belonging to all Iranian cultural values and identity with a local approach. Therefore, according to the topics listed, in this study, using the descriptiveanalytical method, the role of cultural geography of Azerbaijan in the creation of this geopolitical identity in Azerbaijan (iconography and circulation) is investigated. Methodology This study has tried to analyze the role of cultural geography of Azerbaijan in the creation of this geopolitical identity in Iranian Azerbaijan, employing a descriptiveanalytical method and with the help of library information, theoretical and case analysis. Results and Discussion In geopolitical terms, Azerbaijan’s cultural geography with its various cultural characteristics plays an important role in identifying the Iranian Azerbaijani community and its sociopolitical organization (that is, iconography and circulation). In fact, Azerbaijan’s cultural geography (both religious and ethniclinguistic) as a solid cement creating geographicalsocial integration brings Azerbaijan’s human community closer and reinforces the sense of social responsibility, physical and functional integration and unity of Azerbaijan’s culturalhuman geography in Iran. This geographicalsocial mechanism and the Azerbaijani iconography occur in two different ways: religious iconography with the Iranian culturalhuman community and ethniclinguistic iconography with the culturalhuman community outside the border. Therefore, in Iranian Azerbaijan, the result of this mechanism in the emergence of sociocultural selfawareness, sense of geocultural belonging, sense of identity and collective spirit appears simultaneously in relation to two different culturalhuman societies which has emotional and psychological consequences in geopolitical terms. Also, the cultural geography of Azerbaijan in Iran plays a powerful separating role, while creating integrity. Even this movement of geocultural circulation like Azerbaijani iconography appears in two different ways. In other words, on the one hand, the homogeneous religious characteristic (Shiite identity) of Azerbaijan’s cultural geography with Iranian cultural geography leads its to separation and its distinctive geocultural authenticity and originality to the depth of ethniclinguistic cultural geography outside the political borders of Iran and, on the other hand, the homogeneous ethniclinguistic characteristics of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani ethniclinguistic identity) with its homogeneous cultural geography outside the political borders of Iran lead it to express ethniclinguistic identity, the ethniclinguistic separation of Iranian cultural geography and strengthening the sense of cultural belonging outside the political borders of Iran. Conclusion Azerbaijan’s cultural geography in Iran refers to the culturalhistorical territory of Azerbaijan, which represents a distinct cultural community with ethniclinguisticreligious characteristics, and thus cultural identity behaviors and specific interaction patterns in Azerbaijani geography towards the Iranian cultural complex. Therefore, it can be said that the sense of culturalgeographical belonging in Iranian Azerbaijani society has been shaped in such a way that their geographical dependence and ties to the territory of Azerbaijan and Iran can not be separated from an emotional and psychological point of view. In other words, Iranian Azerbaijani community has a special geographicalcultural sense to Azerbaijan geography, and this sense of belonging in the form of a powerful Iconography and Circulation reinforces his loyalty to the local geographicalcultural values and moves it on the path of preserving and consolidating Azerbaijani identity. However, this sense of belonging does not imply a sense of alienation from the Iranian set. Thus, ontologically, there is also a wide sense of historicalspiritual belonging to the Iranian territory (historical geography) in the Iranian Azerbaijani community, which can easily be observed in the depth and extent of its Iconography and Circulation in historicalpolitical integration, sacrifice and loyalty, the extent of sociopolitical participation, national pride, human integrity and unity, and many other features of the socionational and political culture of the Azerbaijani community in the territory of Iran and on the path of geocultural commitment to Iranian identity and Iranian pride