The Status Of Woman In The Controversy Of Iranian Discourses (Emphasize On Discourse Of Imam Khomeini)

According to discourse theory, the world is the product of competition between different discourses. So the controversy between discourses is the driving force of history and political life of human societies and the rivalry between ancient, traditional, constitutional, Pahlavi, and Imam Khomeini's discourse about women signifiers is not exception of this law. This article, by adopting the theory and method of analyzing of discourse seeks to answer this question: what is the difference between the identity and position of the woman signifier in the discourse of Imam Khomeini with previous discourses in Iranian history? It is assumed that the discourse of Imam Khomeini, in contrast to previous discourses that have neglected either attention to religion or human beings mean and express women based on a universal identity consistent with Islamic-Iranian culture. The results of the analysis show that Imam Khomeini, while rejecting the schematic view of women in the Constitutional and Pahlavi discourses that influenced by the thought of modernity, directly and indirectly criticized the theoretical principle of traditional discourse about inequality between men and women and attempts to explain the humanity position of woman and equality of her right based on time- compatible understanding from the religion.