During different centuries, Islam has always been the main inspiration source for identity which along with other identity principles created a civilization that gained global authority ...
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During different centuries, Islam has always been the main inspiration source for identity which along with other identity principles created a civilization that gained global authority in different cases. This civilization, however, during recent centuries has faced deterioration. The question about degeneration has been proposed following military defeats and caused different reactions. This descriptive-analytical research is going to answer this question that how Iranian community reacted toward the issue of degeneration. The research findings reveal that three different answers have been given considering degeneration issue. With the presumption of capturing modernism, the first answer (constitutional movement) tried to create a local modernism. This answer did not gain any victory since it did not care about epistemological foundations as well as the huge gap between Islamic values and western ones. The second answer (Pahlavism), also, encountered a bigger problem as metamorphosis of identity since it tried to follow western civilization unconditionally. That is why the third answer (Islamic revolution), focusing on Islamic political discourse has flourished. Islamic republic tried to revive Islamic-Iranian identity by reviving Islamic values and ignoring western civilization.
