A Study of the Differences and Similarities between Lifestyle Patterns of Revolutionary Leaders (Imam Khomeini, Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi)l

Lifestyle is considered as the individual and social language. Individuals express their identity through meaningful selection from amongst goods and behavioral patterns and illustrate their intra-group solidarity and intergroup distinctions. Lifestyle functions, under specific circumstances, functions as a pattern or role model or a symbol for these solidarities and distinction. Particularly, in crisis conditions, the lifestyle of revolutionary leaders plays an important role in differentiations. The objective of this research is to study the lifestyle of three contemporary revolutionary leaders, namely, Imam Khomeini, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela to find out their similarities and differences. The findings of this paper, gained through qualitative method and thematic analysis, show that despite some differences, which are significant, the three leaders had almost similar lifestyles and their similarities are more than their differences.