Document Type : Original Article
Author
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Swadkoh branch, Islamic Azad University, Swadkoh, Iran
Abstract
Although investigating the origins of revolutions has always been an attractive and thought-provoking idea, so far there has been a serious attempt to explain the causes, nature, why and how of the Iranian Islamic revolution, which on the one hand caused a change in the basis and type of government, and On the other hand, there was a change in the dominant and official ideology of the country and social, economic, and political policies and changes in internal and external dimensions, at least in the Persian language, it has not taken place to the extent of a great social revolution.This article tries to investigate the social causes of the formation of the Islamic Revolution of Iran as the last, most important and most significant revolution of the 20th century by posing the question of what are the social contexts of the Islamic Revolution of Iran by using descriptive and analytical methods. The analysis shows the findings. First of all, the weakness of the foundations of legitimacy, de-identification, conflict with religion and dissatisfaction of the middle class with the individual-centered structure of the government had the greatest impact on the occurrence of the Islamic Revolution. and thirdly, leadership, people and ideology played a big role in creating a revolutionary situation
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