Investigating the Impact of Power on Political Thought and Thinking after the Islamic Revolution of Iran

Abstract

The concept of power is considered as one of the most critical concepts of political science. Some scholars and political researchers believe that political science is a science of obtaining and retaining power. Some people also believe that the ability to guarantee their will despite others' strength is called power. Of course, the comprehensive definition of the power that most thinkers think about is difficult, but what is presently more difficult in some ways is to express and analyze the differences between political think and political thought. In my opinion, political think and political thought are different. It can argue that political think is a set of single-person discussions of politics and political power that is still unorganized, standardized, and individually existing in the community or, in other words, is the political insights of each individual in the field of political power that can be called political think. However, the political thought is a step beyond the organization, organized and institutionalized political think, which is organized in a systematic, orderly, and knowledgeable manner to others. Another difference between the political think and political thought is the ability to answer and solve the problem of society; it seems, in light of Thomas Springs theory of solving the crisis in society; political think is in the first phase of the initial identification of crisis and thinking about it remains. However, what conveys a solution is that political thought is more specific, smarter, and vaguer. In contrast, political thought is more comprehensive and can be the number of people in society. Accordingly, the central question of this study is: what are the distinctions between political think and political thought? How can these differences be found concerning political power? The descriptive-analytical survey method and the theoretical framework for the Springs crisis resolution model will be used. After the revolution, political thought in Iran was so floating that it sometimes underwent astonishing changes. The language of thought and thinking was filled with contradiction. It was not possible for the academic community to properly understand this contradiction. Thus, political thought and thinking moved away from Iran's social sphere and could not find a wide popular base and meet Iran's social needs.