Intellectualism and Clericalism Discourses in Constitutional Movement and Islamic Revolution

Attempts have been made in this research to study the two discourses of intellectualism and clericalism in Constitutional Movement and Islamic Revolution. In the course of history, the two discourses have sometimes formed coalition and at other times stood against each other. In Iranian society, intellectualism discourse has failed to succeed without clericalism discourse since clerics have managed well to use their potential to mobilize resources. Being aware of this potential, intellectuals have resorted to potentials of clerics in some epochs of history. However, thanks to the experience the clerics gained in the course of history and learnt about the power within their control, they played a more outstanding role in the victory and stabilization of Islamic Revolution. Thus, they could gain public support and push away other discourses to fix their hegemony on the society. In this paper, we have applied the theory of discourse and resource mobilization. Discourses seek establishing hegemony on the society. To do this, they need resource mobilization.