Soft Power” Theory in the Holy Quran; A Comparative Study of Islamic and Western Discourses
Subject Areas : Quran and ScienceAsghar Eftekhari 1 , Ali Kamali 2 , Vahid Karbasi 3
1 - Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Imam Sadegh University
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Keywords: Islam Quran Power Hard Power Soft Power,
Abstract :
This research tries, with emphasis on the verses of the Holy Quran, to redevelop an Islamic theory on “soft power”, because the soft power theory in western view, has many conflicts with Islamic rules. Thus, the soft power theory needs to be redeveloped and modified. By using a descriptive-analytic method, an elaboration on “Soft Power” in the western discourse will be stated and then, we try, by using the verses of the Holy Quran, to explain this concept in the Islamic discourse and produce a new theory in regard to the Islamic rules.The results suggest that the “soft power” idea in the western discourse is monistic and in regard to material aspect. Therefore the western theory disentangles morality from power. In the view of Quran, however, the theory has four spheres which consider morality beside power. The spheres include power “sources”, “strength” and “origin”.