The evolution of identity and the formation of the Islamic revolution

Subject Areas : Political philosophy of the Islamic Revolution

ّFaramarz Mirzazadeh Ahmadbeyglou ¹

1 - Department of Political Science, Ilam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ilam, Iran

Received: 2022-10-13 Accepted : 2022-11-15 Published : 2022-10-23

Keywords: "religious identity", "narrative identity", "Continuity and transformation", "Islamic Revolution ",

Abstract :

Many domestic and international causes and factors have been proposed to explain and analyze the formation of the Iranian Islamic Revolution, but the basis and development of the Iranian (religious) identity has not been addressed. Therefore, with the aim of finding the main basis of identity in the formation of the Islamic Revolution, this research seeks to find the main axis of the formation of the Islamic Revolution of Iran in the framework of the historical identity of Iranians. This article proposes the hypothesis that "Identity development in Iran by using modern elements and concepts and injecting Islamic content into it was able to prepare the mentality of the formation of the Islamic Revolution. It tries to explain the mentioned hypothesis by descriptive-analytical method and using Paul Ricoeur's "narrative identity" theory. The obtained findings show that Behsan religion is a historical current and with occasional ups and downs, it is the center of identity development in Iran, and it has shown positive and negative reactions against the external and internal elements of identity, according to their religious or anti-religious content, that the acceptance of Islam and The formation of the Islamic revolution is one of the positive points and confronting the attack of Alexander, the Mongols and the failure of constitutionalism are the results of the negative reactions of religious identity in Iran. As a result of digesting the elements of modernity, the Islamic revolution was manifested in the concept of "returning to oneself" which was interpreted and supported by concepts such as reason, self-awareness, freedom, equality, liberation, revolution and change. With this description, the final result of the research is that the religious identity digested the modern elements and used them to shape the Islamic revolution.