“Self-education, society transformation and civilization formation” in post-revolutionary Iran An overview of Ayatollah Khamenei's “Declaration of the Second Step of the Revolution” in relation to some cultural-political aspects

On the occasion of the ۴۰th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, a new revolutionary manifesto, the „Manifesto of the Second Step“, was issued by the Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on February ۱۱, ۲۰۱۹, instead of an annual message of thanks to the nation. In it, Ayatollah Khamene i announced that the Islamic Revolution in Iran has entered a new evolutionary phase that is much more decisive than the first ۴۰-year phase or the "First Step" in the historical process of building the New Islamic Civilization. This paper illustrates why that is so by quoting the exact wording of the manifesto and commenting it. Furthermore, the central concepts underlying the manifesto, namely "self-formation", "society re-formation" and "civilization re-formation", as well as the main focus of the paper namely the cultural-political aspects of the Manifesto will be explored and explained from the textual perspective. The main goal of this article is to bring this manifesto, which is undoubtedly one of the most current and important documents of the Iranian cultural policy since ۱۹۷۹, closer to the German-speaking reader as an interested cultural dialogue partner and to create awareness for possible problems related to the cultural dialogue.

کلیدواژه ها:

Islamische Republik Iran ، Ayatollah Khamanei ، Manifest des zweiten Schritts der Islamischen Revolution ، Islamische Revolution ، Islamische Gesellschaft ، Neue islamische Zivilisation ، Kulturpolitik ، Kulturdialog mit Deutschland