جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "نیکی کدی" در نشریات گروه "علوم اجتماعی"

All theorists and researchers on revolution are unanimously of the opinion that the occurrence of Islamic Revolution in Iran imposed heavy shock on all observers and analysts from the journalists and diplomats to Iranian thinkers and researchers of revolutions and social movements. On this basis, a question comes forth, i.e. how come the Islamic Revolution in Iran has immensely shocked and astonished all – including key players, expert regional observers, and revolution specialists in social and political sciences? In response to this question, some scientists of social and political sciences have made clarifications and presented explanations to say why the Islamic Revolution was unpredictable. In this study, authors have tried to explain about three major clarifications on unpredictability of the Islamic Revolution. Each of these clarifications has founded its reasoning chiefly on a key factor, and has accordingly presented a clarifying model for this astonishment: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification by Timur Kuran; Chaos in the Process of Revolution by Nikki Keddie; and The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran by Charles Kurzman. The quality of making each clarification has been reviewed in detail by each researcher.

The Islamic Revolution of Iran and its consequences, particularly the emergence of the Islamic Republic of Iran, are among the attractive topics for the Western thinkers and researchers. Each of them has tried to analyze the reason and mode of development of this great event in the Iranian contemporary history. Nikki R. Keddi the well-known American historian is among those who have been attracted by this great event. The present article is an attempt to discuss the reasons of the Islamic Revolution, the framework of Keddi's analysis, her viewpoints about revolutionary Shiism, and relationship between ideology and revolution. Keddi's model of analysis is compared with the subjective and organizational models. In conclusion her critical viewpoint about the Islamic Revolution of Iran is discussed.