Revolution 57: Revelation of Iran's Philosophy of History

John Locke said we should accept that the absolute is an impossible thing. But on the contrary, the idea of the possibility of the absolute has been always influential in the history of Iran in various ways. In this article, the possible political absolute is introduced as the initial core of Iranian identity and the historical force of its continuity. Also, the Iran's 57 Revolution is considered the final maturity of this initial core in the political scene and the republic derived from the Revolution is regarded as the transition of the main content of Iran’s history to its modern era. Our main question is that in the process of the formation of Iran, has there been any primary principle or initial core underlying all its developments and experiments? The hypothesis is that by the advent of the Islamic Revolution, it was revealed that the philosophy of history of Iran (that is the possible end of Iranian history) lies in the longing for linkage to the absolute through establishing a holy and powerful state. In other words, the evolving core of Iran’s advent is an increasing spiritual moral inclination which contrary to many other nations, suggests that ethnic and political linkage to the absolute is a possible thing. The idea of the absolute has turned Iran into a political community, prone to establish a state. The method of research used in this article is a phenomenological one which tries to understand what is exposed to mind or consciousness. The finding of this article is a fundamental understanding about the final evolution of Iran’s history and recognizing its philosophy or the ultimate cause of its being. In other words, a comprehensive and eventual understanding of Iran is to be considered inevitably posterior to a total and final change manifested to us as Iran's 57 Revolution.