چکیده:
Iranian foreign policy during the post-revolutionary period has often been described as pursuing ideological objectives and means. Given the problems usually associated with the concept of ideology، the alternative concept of “domestic ideational sources” would offer a broader perspective and prove less problematic. By this concept is meant the totality of ideas، norms، rules، and discourses that in their inter-relations make the material life meaningful. The basic conceptual and theoretical aspects of the role of ideas and domestic ideational sources in foreign policy - in general and with particular emphasis on the realist outlook – are discussed in the first part of the article. Based on this brief theoretical expose، the article will attempt to look into - and clarify – the main – Islamic- Shi’ite -- components of the domestic ideational sources of Iranian foreign policy since 1979. It will be argued that basic Islamic-Shi’ite ideas; the Iranian encounter with and experience of the West during the 19th and 20th centuries; Iranian intellectuals'' response to the West''s challenge manifested in a kind of Occidentalist discourse; and Western counter hegemonic، leftist and anti-imperialist discourses; have all played a role in shaping and/or affecting Iran’s Islamic revolutionary discourse. Furthermore، the discussion will also show how the discourse of the international system (or international ideational structure)، have affected the Islamic discourse، which has led in turn to a variety of interpretations of domestic rules and norms. It will as well be argued that in the process of interaction some extra-religious ideas/discourses and events/experiences have influenced the formation of some versions of the Islamic discourse .
خلاصه ماشینی:
The basic conceptual and theoretical aspects of the role of ideas and domestic ideational sources in foreign policy - in general and with particular emphasis on the realist outlook – are discussed in the first part of the article.
It will be argued that basic Islamic-Shi’ite ideas; the Iranianencounter with and experience of the West during the 19th and20th centuries; Iranian intellectuals' response to the West'schallenge manifested in a kind of Occidentalist discourse;andWestern counter hegemonic, leftist and anti-imperialist discourses;have all played a role in shaping and/or affecting Iran’s Islamicrevolutionarydiscourse.
Domestic Ideational Sources of Foreign Policy: An Overview It is usually argued that mainstream IR theories, and in particular various strands of realism, regard international material structures as the major source of state behavior.
Revolutionary Islamic Discourse and Iran's Foreign Policy The ideologization of Islam has been a rather long process in the course of which Islamic concepts and ideas have been employed in political struggles It must 1.
The following main elements lie at the foundation of different combinations and/or various readings which have shaped the ideological discourses of foreign policy in Iran in the post-Revolutionary period: 1) The unity of the Muslim world: As mentioned earlier, it is assumed that the nation-state-based arrangements of the modern international system, reinforced by the sanctification of artificial borders in nationalist ideologies, have functioned against the interests of Muslims whose unity could increase their power in relation to non-Muslim colonialist/imperialist powers.