The Islamic Revolution in Iran: Retrospect After a Quarter of a Century  

Oleh:

Khosrokhavar, Farhad

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Thesis Eleven vol. 76 no. 1 (Feb. 2004), page 70–84.
Topik: ethnic movement; Islam; post-Islamist intellectual; student movement; women's movement
Fulltext: 70TE761.pdf (105.28KB)

Isi artikel

During the last quarter of a century, Iran has undergone fundamental changes. The revolution was supported by a heterogeneous coalition of social forces, but it led to a war with Iraq and the stabilization of an Islamic regime. Since the end of the 1980s, four different types of new social actors have emerged in Iran: post-Islamist intellectuals; feminists; students as a nonrevolutionary, reformist and democratically minded group; and ethnic movements. These actors mostly (with the exception of some intellectuals) belong to a generation which did not take part in the revolution; their aspirations and demands are totally different from those most characteristic of the revolutionary phase. The election of President Khatami in 1997 was a result of these changes. Since then, a stalemate has prevailed: the society is post-Islamist, whereas the decisive power centres are controlled by Islamist conservatives.

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