Civilization-Making Social Capitals in the Thought of Imam Khomeini (RA)

The collection of the speeches of Imam Khomeini (RA) is one of the great treasures of contemporary Islamic and revolutionary knowledge which is the comprehensive charter of the Islamic Revolution and in which the civilization-making and goal-oriented attitude of Imam Khomeini (RA) is regarded as a civilization-making social capital. The concept of a civilization-making social capital can be considered as a set of understandings which resut in the establishment of optimal relations and participation of the members of a society and prepares its capacity for accepting the great civilization. Therefore, after explaining the concept, dimensions, attitudes, theories and models of social capital and the great Islamic civilization from the viewpoint of scholars, the aim of the present article is designed based on the theoretical abstract conduct in the thought of Imam Khomeini (RA). In the present study, the most important factors of civilization-making social capital of the Islamic Revolution from the viewpoint of Imam Khomeini (RA) are investigated which include raising for the sake of God, believing in Imam Mahdi (Aj), public nature of the leadership of the revolution, reviving the thought of fighting against oppression and seeking justice in Islam, the legendary and amazing will and resistance of the great nation of Iran, believing in the unseen assistances and creating Islamic revolutionary systems.