The discourse approach explains the relationship between religion and identity in the thought of Imam Khomeini better than other approaches; While this feature has been less discussed. According to the mentioned capability, the purpose of this research is to use the discourse approach to explain relationship between religion and identity in the thought of Imam Khomeini. this purpose, in order to carry out this research, he examined the foundations and components of the discourse approach - with a critical view of general insights regarding the humanities and social sciences - through the examination of various sources, and then the relationship between religion and identity in the thought of Imam Khomeini based on It examines intra- and inter-discourse relationships. The results of this research showed that the development of the thought of Imam was the result of the interaction of identity and religion in discourse of returning to oneself and in confronting the Western discourse. Imam Khomeini was able to bring about the revolution and the Islamic Republic with his practical and intellectual role-playing through the discourse of returning to oneself and also the political-social confrontation with the Western-oriented Pahlavi government in the formation of the discourse of returning to oneself.
Hosseini S A, Salehi Najafabadi A, Rezaei A. (2023). The formation of interactive development of religion and identity in the thought of Muslim thinkers, especially Imam. IPSJ. 2(4), 79-94. URL: http://ipsj.iauh.ac.ir/article-1-59-en.html