Abstract
One of the main debates in the field of humanistic epistemology is the agent-structure debate, which is naturally the same in the theoretical field of international relations. In this field of study, based on the approaches toward agent or structure, views are divided into three types; structuralism, ...
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One of the main debates in the field of humanistic epistemology is the agent-structure debate, which is naturally the same in the theoretical field of international relations. In this field of study, based on the approaches toward agent or structure, views are divided into three types; structuralism, agent centered and hybrid. Now if we want to theorize a local theory on the basis of Islamic view, naturally it's needed to specify Islam's approach toward this debate. The purpose of the author of this article is the view of the creators of the discourse of the Islamic Revolution, especially Imam Khomeini, on this issue, and secondly, to explain this type of view in the field of theory making on international relations. In this regard, the works and views of the main researchers in this field are reviewed and criticized and it is explained that despite the main view of these works that have seen the Islamic view as hybrid, in the view of Imam Khomeini and the discourse of the Islamic Revolution, while considering and accepting the existence of Structural constraints, agent-centricity, and human will are paramount.
mahsa adibi; majid tavasoli roknabadi; Seyed Mohammad Ali Taghavi
Abstract
Since the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, when Iran became the center of Islamic political movement in the Islamic world, the West led by the US portrayed a hostile image of Islam and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Theorists and leaders of the Islamic Revolution such as Imam Khomeini, in order to counterbalance ...
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Since the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, when Iran became the center of Islamic political movement in the Islamic world, the West led by the US portrayed a hostile image of Islam and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Theorists and leaders of the Islamic Revolution such as Imam Khomeini, in order to counterbalance this move, portrayed the West as their other and the enemy. Ever since, such an image of the West formed Iran’s foreign policy. In this article, using Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse analyses method and the post-colonial theoretical model, authors explore Imam Khomeini’s political discourse. The main question in this research is how the West as the other is represented in Imam Khomeini’s discourse, and how such a representation is affected Iran’s post-revolutionary foreign policy. Based on the hypothesis of this research؛ Imam Khomeini began to draw a boundary between the "us" of Iran and "the other" of the West and proceeded to produce an image of the West, which featured signs such as imperialist, exploiter, devil, tyranny, arrogant, and tyrannical, an image that has become the dominant attitude in our foreign policy. It has shaped the way that political activists are confronted with the outside world.
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Islamic movements in the last two centuries in the Islamic world, especially after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, have raised many questions about their nature and their actions. After the new Arab revolutions in the region and the recruitment of violent religious groups, it has become a widespread ...
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Islamic movements in the last two centuries in the Islamic world, especially after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, have raised many questions about their nature and their actions. After the new Arab revolutions in the region and the recruitment of violent religious groups, it has become a widespread concern for the international system and global analysts. Meanwhile, one of the main questions is the understanding of their view of general satisfaction or the use of force and the conquest of the establishment of a religious government and its maintenance and survival.
In this paper, by comparing the views of Imam Khomeini and Sayyed Qutb, two contemporary revolutionary thinkers of the Islamic world, on republicanism and despotism, and the attention to the theoretical foundations and historical sources, and their reflection on the movements affected by each of these two views. And it turns out that the element of violence is to look at the negation of republicanism and the legitimacy of despotism. Imam Khomeini's positive attitude toward republicanism and the rejection of violence has led Islamic groups affected by the Islamic Revolution and Imam Khomeini to have a democratic and largely peaceful approach to their political encounters; on the contrary, a negative attitude toward republicanism and the acceptance of violence in the way of creation of an Islamic state by Sayyed Qutb has led to the formation and expansion of the spirit of militarism and zealot among his followers.
mostafa kavakebian; mostafa montazeri
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Due to the integrity and divinity of the Islamic jurisprudence it plays a unique role in human life. However, there isn’t a practical and comprehensive model for the application of Islamic law in the political and social system. The importance of this matter moved the author of this paper to study ...
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Due to the integrity and divinity of the Islamic jurisprudence it plays a unique role in human life. However, there isn’t a practical and comprehensive model for the application of Islamic law in the political and social system. The importance of this matter moved the author of this paper to study the process of achieving jurisprudence doctrine of Imam Khomeini (RA).First, the jurisprudence system is analyzed with regard to the recognition at law and with emphasis on Imam Khomeini (RA) thoughts. Then three layers of jurisprudence, philosophy and mysticism, ethics and common law, are introduced and entitled: major jurisprudence, mediocre jurisprudence and minor jurisprudence. In fact, the system of jurisprudence, characterize theoretical framework. Later, the analytical framework of the doctrine, is explained as a good model to express the results of the first part in the form of instructions for governance. In this qualitative study, has been accomplished using documents and library resources.
Naser Asadi; Negar Ghanavati; Amir Rezaei Panah
Volume 4, Issue 12 , July 2015, , Pages 9-35
Abstract
After the Islamic revolution and the rise of the system of the Islamic Republic
of Iran over the Persian Gulf and the Middle East, a new wave of ideas and
opinions entered Iran's foreign policy domain and the international relations
structure. The principles and concepts of this revolution and the ...
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After the Islamic revolution and the rise of the system of the Islamic Republic
of Iran over the Persian Gulf and the Middle East, a new wave of ideas and
opinions entered Iran's foreign policy domain and the international relations
structure. The principles and concepts of this revolution and the newly emerged
political system are generally affected by Imam Khomeini's thought and action
as an ideologue and a leader. This article questions the semiotic structure and
articulatory system of Imam Khomeini’s foreign policy and about to give a
descriptive framework for analyzing it. According to the hypothesis, from the
writers' viewpoint, the articulating system of his foreign policy discourse is
describable in a three-dimensional framework of ideology, strategy and
diplomacy. Ideology beholds some principles and belief-related standards that
generally nurture from Islam's revolutionary-critical source. Strategy involves
the security-based calculations and the hardware policy. Moreover, diplomacy
includes the accepted diagrams of conversation and negotiation for achieving
national interests. The results of this discourse are represented in propositions
that are based on concepts of the revolutionary-critical, pragmatic-realist, and
prudent-modernist Islam.
mahdi nazemi ardakani; mahdi davoodi; ahmad ali Emami
Volume 3, Issue 9 , February 2015, , Pages 9-26
Abstract
Islamic Revolution of Iran is one of the most important variables in recentdecades that have led to a new attitude towards Islam in the world. The CulturalRevolution is based on an approach to develop cultural convergence betweenIslamic communities in the world and believes that the most important factorsthat ...
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Islamic Revolution of Iran is one of the most important variables in recentdecades that have led to a new attitude towards Islam in the world. The CulturalRevolution is based on an approach to develop cultural convergence betweenIslamic communities in the world and believes that the most important factorsthat can make an internal coherence and consensus among Muslim nations arereligious commonalities and interactions among them. Hence, the call forIslamic unity based on divine teachings of Islam comes from the founder of theIslamic Revolution. This is the principle of monotheism, Islam, unity andsolidarity, justice and fighting oppression, etc., which is derived from Islam andIslamic ideology. Such ideas and ideals of leadership, Justice, and confrontingoppression, to achieve prosperity for all humans and the universal ideals ofIslam are a central focus of the Islamic Revolution.
