The Exit Strategy of Tradition - Modernity Challenge; Islamic Republic’s Discourse of Imam Khomeini(Rah)
Subject Areas : Political and International Researches Quarterly
Keywords: Discourse, tradition, modernity, Imam Khomeini, Islamic Republic,
Abstract :
The Exit Strategy of Tradition - Modernity Challenge; Islamic Republic’s Discourse of Imam Khomeini(Rah) Abstract: The relationship between tradition and modernity has been a great challenge in Iran’s history for more than one hundred years, and has been a fundamental obstacle in the way of economic, social, political and cultural development as well as renovation of the country. Because of that, we are looking for a way of overcoming the existing challenge between tradition and modernity. In the form of different discourse, we have investigated the approaches about the modernity that has been created after the constitutional revolution. Presenting a precise, systematic and different description about the reason of being hermeneutics of Imam Khomeini’s discourse in Iran and observing political elements, approaches of rejection, and remarking and accessing the credit of Imam Khomeini’s discourse; comparing with other discourse existing in Iran, signify the importance of this discourse in representing the final solution for overcoming the challenge. Finally; by considering innovative and established approach of Imam Khomeini, we have presented his discourse of Islamic Republic in which because of its structure is an equal combination of tradition and modernity, as the final and basic solution for this challenge. Islamic republic’s discourse in fact consist of new combination and established-compared aspects which are constructed around the central governor of political-juridical Islam and in the form of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist. By noting the central governor who in fact an equal combination of traditional and modern elements, we can understand other concepts and elements of his mind Keywords: Tradition, Modernity, Discourse, Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini
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