Ayatollah Khomeini Through the Lens of the Iran-Iraq War

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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. 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