History of the semantic evolution of the concept of revolution and its impact on the birth of political Islam

The present study is an attempt to set forth a new understanding of contemporary political thought in Iran with a focus on the semantic transformations of concepts and their political implications. The theoretical framework used in the present paper is Reinhart Kozelck’s conceptualization of the “hi...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hamid Yahyavi, soheila rahimi
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Shahid Beheshti University 2022-02-01
Series:رهیافتهای سیاسی و بین المللی
Subjects:
Online Access:https://piaj.sbu.ac.ir/article_102177_d998880b1823682b110e1e9b786ba53e.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849402410685956096
author Hamid Yahyavi
soheila rahimi
author_facet Hamid Yahyavi
soheila rahimi
author_sort Hamid Yahyavi
collection DOAJ
description The present study is an attempt to set forth a new understanding of contemporary political thought in Iran with a focus on the semantic transformations of concepts and their political implications. The theoretical framework used in the present paper is Reinhart Kozelck’s conceptualization of the “history of concepts”’, which have been visible as implications of linguistic turn for historical sciences. Accordingly, the paper would examine the history of the semantic transformation of the concept of revolution as one of the most important concepts in contemporary political thought in Iran, in order to shed light on the birth of political Islam in contemporary Iran. ‘How the introduction and transformation of the meaning of revolution into the system of concepts of Islam led to the transformation of the meaning of other Shiite earlier concepts?’ This is the main question that guides the analytical narration in the research. The paper hypothesizes that due to the formation of a new semantic field and the introduction of new concepts such as revolution into the system of Shiite concepts in the contemporary era, new semantic layers were added to Shiite classic concepts such as Entezar (waiting), Taqiyya (precautionary dissimulation), Ijtihad (Interpretation). This transformation in the system of concepts formed a transformation within Shi'a theology which led to the birth of ‘political Islam’ in contemporary Iran.
format Article
id doaj-art-752c70c068424ef189a28ed8a6beda98
institution Kabale University
issn 1735-739X
2645-4386
language fas
publishDate 2022-02-01
publisher Shahid Beheshti University
record_format Article
series رهیافتهای سیاسی و بین المللی
spelling doaj-art-752c70c068424ef189a28ed8a6beda982025-08-20T03:37:32ZfasShahid Beheshti Universityرهیافتهای سیاسی و بین المللی1735-739X2645-43862022-02-01132113510.29252/piaj.2022.223186.1113102177History of the semantic evolution of the concept of revolution and its impact on the birth of political IslamHamid Yahyavi0soheila rahimi1Assistant Professor of Political Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina Universityuniversity of Bu-ali sinaThe present study is an attempt to set forth a new understanding of contemporary political thought in Iran with a focus on the semantic transformations of concepts and their political implications. The theoretical framework used in the present paper is Reinhart Kozelck’s conceptualization of the “history of concepts”’, which have been visible as implications of linguistic turn for historical sciences. Accordingly, the paper would examine the history of the semantic transformation of the concept of revolution as one of the most important concepts in contemporary political thought in Iran, in order to shed light on the birth of political Islam in contemporary Iran. ‘How the introduction and transformation of the meaning of revolution into the system of concepts of Islam led to the transformation of the meaning of other Shiite earlier concepts?’ This is the main question that guides the analytical narration in the research. The paper hypothesizes that due to the formation of a new semantic field and the introduction of new concepts such as revolution into the system of Shiite concepts in the contemporary era, new semantic layers were added to Shiite classic concepts such as Entezar (waiting), Taqiyya (precautionary dissimulation), Ijtihad (Interpretation). This transformation in the system of concepts formed a transformation within Shi'a theology which led to the birth of ‘political Islam’ in contemporary Iran.https://piaj.sbu.ac.ir/article_102177_d998880b1823682b110e1e9b786ba53e.pdfhistory of conceptsrevolutiontransformation of theology
spellingShingle Hamid Yahyavi
soheila rahimi
History of the semantic evolution of the concept of revolution and its impact on the birth of political Islam
رهیافتهای سیاسی و بین المللی
history of concepts
revolution
transformation of theology
title History of the semantic evolution of the concept of revolution and its impact on the birth of political Islam
title_full History of the semantic evolution of the concept of revolution and its impact on the birth of political Islam
title_fullStr History of the semantic evolution of the concept of revolution and its impact on the birth of political Islam
title_full_unstemmed History of the semantic evolution of the concept of revolution and its impact on the birth of political Islam
title_short History of the semantic evolution of the concept of revolution and its impact on the birth of political Islam
title_sort history of the semantic evolution of the concept of revolution and its impact on the birth of political islam
topic history of concepts
revolution
transformation of theology
url https://piaj.sbu.ac.ir/article_102177_d998880b1823682b110e1e9b786ba53e.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT hamidyahyavi historyofthesemanticevolutionoftheconceptofrevolutionanditsimpactonthebirthofpoliticalislam
AT soheilarahimi historyofthesemanticevolutionoftheconceptofrevolutionanditsimpactonthebirthofpoliticalislam