Thematic Content Analysis of the Concepts of Development and Progress in the Viewpoints of the Supreme Leader

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1 Corresponding author, lecturer at Imam Ali Officer University

2 Associate professor at Malek Ashtar Industrial University

Abstract

This research is intended to explain concepts of development and progress in the viewpoints of the supreme leader. Research data includes all the speeches of the supreme leader from 1989 to 2015. In order to exclude interpretations, only the speeches in which the words development or progress were explicitly mentioned, were selected. The research followed a qualitative approach. Using themes network of thematic analysis, the researchers identified three comprehensive themes including endogenous power, justice-oriented knowledge economics, and Islamic features of progress.

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