Religious Intellectualism and Political Transcendence in Imam Khomeini's Discourse

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Assistant Professor, Tehran University

Abstract

Having identified the position of intra-discourse elements of Imam Khomeini's thinking, this article tries to perceive intra-discourse elements of Islamic-Shiite identity within the Islamic revolution process. It also tries to understand how Imam Khomeini could create a kind of movement and political mobilization along his identity aspirations benefitting from Islamic shari'a [Islamic Law] and events in socio-political life. In addition, some of these concepts which have played a role as pivotal concepts to explain Imam Khomeini's identity discourse will be studied.

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