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The Impact of Mysticism… V. Solano-Urrutia et al (143
moral values by a ruling of writings that delve into the
class’s governing system. profound spiritual and
Although there are several mystical underpinnings that
theories of why the Islamic shaped it.
Revolution happened, it It would be imprecise to
would be more precise to say there is no academic
analyze it through a holistic exploration of the relationship
lens with multiple causes, as between mysticism and the
Haghighat (2000) suggests. Islamic Revolution by
But in terms of research Western scholars; Therefore,
background, the East-West we can mention a few
divide has long been marked examples, such as Ridgeon (2014)
by a distortion of perspectives; in “Hidden Khomeini” in A
Particularly when it comes to Critical Introduction to Khomeini.
understanding complex events Also, Martin (2004) in
and ideologies. “Creating an Islamic State”
One such instance is the explores in detail the
analytic scenario of the mentioned relationship.
Islamic Revolution of Iran, Finally, Alger (2000) in
where the mystical aspects “The Fusion of the Gnostic
have often been overlooked or and Politics in Life of Imam
underrepresented in Western Khomeini” describes the
academia; While extensive impact mysticism had on the
literature exists on the intellectual and political
political, social, and historical formation of Imam Khomeini.
dimensions of the revolution, This article seeks to solve
there is a noticeable scarcity the problem of the lack of
