Representation of the West in Imam Khomeini’s Discourse and the Continuation of Its Impact on Iran’s Foreign Policy
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...
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| author | mahsa adibi majid tavasoli roknabadi Seyed Mohammad Ali Taghavi |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-3f7cace50e2a4556b8f3e462a6c5bd9f2024-01-02T11:06:47ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University PressFaṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish/hā-yi Rāhburdī-i Siyāsat2345-61402476-62082019-04-018289512210.22054/qpss.2019.28023.184110278Representation of the West in Imam Khomeini’s Discourse and the Continuation of Its Impact on Iran’s Foreign Policymahsa adibi0majid tavasoli roknabadi1Seyed Mohammad Ali Taghavi2Iran،Tehran، Science and Research Branch، Islamic Azad University، Department Of: Political ScienceIran،Tehran، Science and Research Branch، Islamic Azad University، Department Of: Political Science.Iran، Mashhad، Ferdowsi University، Department Of: Political Science.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.https://qpss.atu.ac.ir/article_10278_142efa953d93d9ed2c350d28c7323d0f.pdfimam khomeinithe westothernessrepresentationpost colonial |
| spellingShingle | mahsa adibi majid tavasoli roknabadi Seyed Mohammad Ali Taghavi Representation of the West in Imam Khomeini’s Discourse and the Continuation of Its Impact on Iran’s Foreign Policy Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish/hā-yi Rāhburdī-i Siyāsat imam khomeini the west otherness representation post colonial |
| title | Representation of the West in Imam Khomeini’s Discourse and the Continuation of Its Impact on Iran’s Foreign Policy |
| title_full | Representation of the West in Imam Khomeini’s Discourse and the Continuation of Its Impact on Iran’s Foreign Policy |
| title_fullStr | Representation of the West in Imam Khomeini’s Discourse and the Continuation of Its Impact on Iran’s Foreign Policy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Representation of the West in Imam Khomeini’s Discourse and the Continuation of Its Impact on Iran’s Foreign Policy |
| title_short | Representation of the West in Imam Khomeini’s Discourse and the Continuation of Its Impact on Iran’s Foreign Policy |
| title_sort | representation of the west in imam khomeini s discourse and the continuation of its impact on iran s foreign policy |
| topic | imam khomeini the west otherness representation post colonial |
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