Conceptology and Boundaries of "Revolutionary Education"

Abstract

Among the populations loyal to the Islamic Revolution of Iran, there are many educational styles that have in common a model of education based on the Islamic Revolution, which is known as "Revolutionary Education".The present article tries to deal with the concept of "revolutionary education" with the method of conceptual analysis. For this purpose, at first, the types and meanings of revolutionary education were formulated, and then, with the aim of providing a normative definition of "revolutionary education" and "revolutionary man", the semantic elements of "revolutionaryism" were and further, the conceptual boundary of "revolutionary education" with similar concepts in the insider discourse, i.e. Mahdavi education, jihadi education, Basiji education, as well as rival discourses, was defined. After researching and analyzing the meanings and types of "revolutionary education" as well as examining its semantic elements in the discourse of the Islamic revolution, in the definition of "revolutionary education", on the process of helping the educator to fight for justice and rationality with non-divine rule, and acceptance and commitment to divine legislative sovereignty; Along with approval, participation, supervision and criticism were emphasized in the Islamic government. Also, the concept of "revolutionary education" in other discourses (post-modern, neo-Marxist and critical approaches) is different from this concept in the discourse of the Islamic Revolution, in terms of infrastructure and superstructure.

Keywords

• islamic education
• mahdavi education
• political education
• jihadi education
• basiji education
• revolutionary education