Meta-Synthesis of the Essence of Islamic Revolutionary Art

Document Type : Scientific-Research Article

Authors

1 Researcher at the Rushd Center of Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, I.R.Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Culture and Art Department of Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, I.R.Iran

10.30497/rc.2025.247277.2079

Abstract

The Iranian Islamic Revolution stands as one of the major socio-political phenomena of the recent century, leaving significant impacts across various domains of life, including the sphere of art. Despite this, a key question facing the art of the Islamic Revolution pertains to its very essence. This article aims to present a coherent definition of the nature of Islamic Revolutionary art by employing the meta-synthesis method and utilizing the seven-stage model by Sandelowski and Barroso, analyzing a collection of studies related to this topic. Within this framework, the article examines the foundational principles governing this art and its relation to certain epistemological foundations of the Islamic Revolution.



Accordingly, based on a systematic review of a broad range of scholarly works—comprising 39 sources, including books, articles, master's theses, and doctoral dissertations—this study identifies the fundamental principles of revolutionary art using the framework of the four causes, which are organized into four dimensions: the "agent" (artist), "end" (purpose of creating the artwork), "form," and "content." This research finds that principles such as monotheism, the inherent dignity of humanity, human transcendence, realism, belief in the afterlife, the purposeful order of the universe, human agency, divine guidance, human liberation from servitude to anything but God, legislative human dignity, and the ultimate triumph of truth over falsehood constitute key foundations of the art of the Islamic Revolution.



Furthermore, principles such as the artist's status, their responsibility, their power to harness technology, the development of the individual, the strengthening of the family, social organization, and cultural formation are also identified as governing elements within this art.

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