The Dictatorship of the Faqīh: Khomeini’s Political Theology and the Problem of Sovereignty

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573384X-02903007" target="_blank" >10.1163/1573384X-02903007</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Dictatorship of the Faqīh: Khomeini’s Political Theology and the Problem of Sovereignty

Original language description

This article focuses on the problem of sovereignty and its role in Khomeini&apos;s project of Islamic state. It attempts to demonstrate that Khomeini, in his pre-revolutionary scheme, neglected the inner logic of political rule which according to the German philosopher Carl Schmitt presupposes and requires sovereignty as unlimited authority by principle. Despite legitimizing his project by unconditionally adhering to religious law Khomeini implied an authority which by its very definition must eventually prevail over this law. This basic contradiction must also be seen as a primary cause of the contested and controversial nature of the political system that he established which can be especially at its incipient stage well described in terms of a revolutionary dictatorship.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60500 - Other Humanities and the Arts

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Iran &amp; the Caucasus

ISSN

1609-8498

e-ISSN

1573-384X

Volume of the periodical

29

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

IR - IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

295-311

UT code for WoS article

001628134800005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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