This book clarifies Khomeini’s views on nationalism, sectarianism, and peace and war by putting the Iran-Iraq war at center of understanding of Khomeini’s ideology. Moreover, by making comparisons between Khomeini’s thoughts before and after the revolution with his words during the Iran-Iraq war, this book helps us see how his discourse during the conflict was shaped by such thoughts. Also, such a comparison helps us understand the complexities of Khomeini’s doctrines and their evolvements. Additionally, by offering a unique set of methodological tools, this book introduces a new way to study political leaders in Iran and other parts of the Middle East.
Author(s): Meysam Tayebipour
Series: Studies in Iranian Politics
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 238
City: Cham
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Maps
Timeline
Chapter 1 A Background of the Relationships Between Iran and Iraq Before the War
Introduction
A Brief History of Iran-Iraq Tensions from the Sixteenth Century to the Iraq Revolution (1958)
Iran-Iraq Relations After the Iraqi Revolution
Iran-Iraq Relations After the Iranian Revolution and the Breakout of the War
Book Outline
References
Chapter 2 Khomeini’s Life and Thoughts
Introduction
Khomeini from Quietism to a Political Dissident
Khomeini and Establishing His Political Ideologies
Khomeini and Implementing His Political Ideology in the Islamic Republic
Khomeini and the Iran-Iraq War
Conclusions
References
Chapter 3 Theoretical Frameworks
Introduction
Stage One: Critiques of Alternative Approaches to CDA
Stage 2: Critical Discourse Analysis
Stage 3: Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) as a Complementary Theory for CDA
Stage Four: The Book’s Theoretical Approach: A Combination of CDA and CMT
Stage Five: Justifying the Use of Western Theories in a Non-Western World
Conclusions
References
Chapter 4 Methodology
Introduction
Research Strategy: A Corpus-Driven Analysis of Khomeini’s Words During the War
Corpus Collection
Data Analysis
Intertextuality and Interdiscursivity
Predication Strategy
Conceptual Metaphor Analysis
Conclusions
References
Chapter 5 Khomeini and Nationalism
Introduction
Nationalism and Religious Nationalism and Khomeini’s Ideology
War Is a Journey on the Path of God
Khomeini, Labels and Nationalism
Khomeini, Nationalism and Referring to History
Conclusions
References
Chapter 6 Khomeini’s Words to the Iraqi People
Introduction
Using Metaphors to Influence the Iraqi People
Khomeini, Labels and His Ideology
Khomeini and Referring to History and the Quran
Khomeini’s Failure in Convincing the Iraqi People
Conclusions
References
Chapter 7 Khomeini and Prolonging and Normalising the Iran-Iraq War
Introduction
Iran and prolonging the war after the liberation of Khorramshahr
Khomeini, Intellectuality and prolonging the war
Khomeini, Labels and Peace
Prolonging the war with the help of metaphors
Conclusions
References
Chapter 8 The Iran-Iraq War as a Lens to Understand Khomeini
Introduction
Theoretical Reflections
Contributions
Further Research
References
Appendix 1: Khomeini corpus p. 174
Appendix 2: A example of how Sahifeh-ye Imam cited an indirect quote of the Quran by Khomeini
Appendix 3
Appendix 4
Bibliography
Index
