Shahid Qasem Soelimani; a Human Model for a Civilizing Transcendental Soft Power
Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Assistant Professor in Department of Politics, Shahid Mahallati Higher Education Center.
2 Professor in Department of Politics, Baqir al-Olum University.
10.22034/ra.2022.525998.2629
Abstract
That Shahid Qasem Soleimani’s character can serve as a model for civilizing transcendental soft power, has been the main concern of the current descriptive-analytic study. In the theory of transcendental soft power, the transcendental, human and organizational factors are the efficient cause of transcendental soft power. Shahid Soleimani as an elite human factor who was adorned with the constituents of the reason, served as an ideal model for creation, production and reproduction of social capital in its abundance and changing it into soft power for new Islamic civilization with honor, delight and efficiency. Since he was a proud trainee in the school of the leaders of the revolution, the soft power he created was a transcendental one from a divine source. Thus, seeking assistance from the side of God, he used the power to defeat the symbol of mundane soft power and discredited it in the contemporary world. He revealed that even the divine symbols like “Allah, the greatest” and “there is no god but Allah” when served by a mundane soft power, are to no avail for the arrogant system. For establishing the Islamic civilization, like any other civilization, two critical element, i.e. “thought production” and “training human” are necessary. Shahid Soleimani helped developing both elements in practice and served as an ideal model for the faithful youth.
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