Volume 6, Issue 4 , February 2023, , Pages 205-232
Abstract
Iran's Islamic revolution, with every analysis that has been presented about its occurrence, caused vast changes in Iranian society. These changes have also been effective in the class ...
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Iran's Islamic revolution, with every analysis that has been presented about its occurrence, caused vast changes in Iranian society. These changes have also been effective in the class structure of the society and brought about changes in it. So that despite the participation of the middle class, both traditional and new, in the victory process of the Islamic Revolution; But gradually, with the passage of time, the traditional middle class strata in competition with the new middle class strata gained more influence on the political decision-making process and control over economic and political funds and resources. In terms of methodology, it is a descriptive-analytical study that has been used to collect information from library and documentary methods. In total, the results of the research show that despite the formation and growth of the traditional and new middle class in the period of construction, but in the period of reforms, we witness the peak of the political action of the new middle class and in the period of fundamentalism, we witness the peak of the political action of the traditional middle class in political competitions.
The aim of this study is to explain the role of cultural capital of the traditional middle class in their hegemonisation over other political groups during the formation of the Islamic ...
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The aim of this study is to explain the role of cultural capital of the traditional middle class in their hegemonisation over other political groups during the formation of the Islamic Revolution using Pierre Bourdieu's theory of field and capital. Methodologically, it is a causal study that uses library methods to gather information. The central question of the research is that "What cultural assets did the traditional middle class use in the field of competition to be hegemonic over other political groups during the formation of the Islamic Revolution from 1978 to 1981, and how were these resources and capital used?". The results Indicate that the traditional middle class during the formation of the Islamic Revolution of Iran through the proper use of various cultural and symbolic capitals such as historical and communicative capitals, the charismatic role of Imam Khomeini, ideology (religion), a large network of clerics, mosques, Social and cultural authority was able to defeat other rivals and gain a hegemonic position in the structure of political power.
