DEVS 292 Chapter 9: Islam, Pols, Devs - week 9 readings

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Global Development Studies
• Course: DEVS 292
• Professor: Dokhanchi Milad

Document Summary

The islamization of the social movements and the revolution, 1963-1979. This essay ponders the islamization of the political and social movements that took place in iran in. 1979 despite the presence and active participation of a relatively strong and modern secular movement. I show that khomeini(cid:495)s radical political leadership, unwavering since he had fist entered the. This position in is contrast with antonio gramsci(cid:495)s view that hegemony over culture is a. Politics at the time of the acute crisis, i argue, became the arbiter of the cultural shift (religion) precondition for hegemony over politics in democratic societies. The islamization of political and social movements was a political phenomenon. Anti-cultural account boundary setting through shared experiences and memories take place: the victory in political struggles leads to the internalization of the acquired identity among the movements(cid:495) participants. The doctrinal source of khomeini(cid:495)s radicalism is located in his mysticism.