New ideas for the reconstruction of social sciences based on the sources of Islamic thought
Arash Hasanpour; Ali Rabbani
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The pursuit and realization of an ideal society and cultivating human wellbeing has been one of the main goals of the leaders and thinkers in human societies from the past to the present day. The history of mankind is the proof that the thought of achieving individual and collective prosperity ...
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The pursuit and realization of an ideal society and cultivating human wellbeing has been one of the main goals of the leaders and thinkers in human societies from the past to the present day. The history of mankind is the proof that the thought of achieving individual and collective prosperity and the formation of a flawless society have been the major concerns for thinkers and leaders of human societies. The realization of a good society is sometimes called a righteous society, a clean life, a perfect community, utopia, an adorable society, an advanced and pious society, and a creative society, a correlated, coherent and organic system. To accomplish this goal, this paper attempts to answer these questions1. What is a good society in contemporary intellectual systems and how is it defined?2. What is the model and pattern of a good society based on the text of the Quran?The study is conducted within the framework of the qualitative method of meta-synthesis using the seven-step technique of Sandlowski and Barroso. Meta-synthesis is a method in which the qualitative studies are combined together, their similarities and differences are compared, their findings are translated into each other and a new interpretation of their sets is obtained. This interpretation can lead to a more comprehensive explanation of the phenomenon under study, or create new theories in explaining the phenomenon examined.
ali rabani
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Democracy is one of the most fundamental concepts in the field of political philosophy and Sociology. Islamic civilization shaped new form of democracy based on Quran verses and manner of governance in Medina’ Al-Nabi and accepted equal rights of political participation for men and women. However, ...
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Democracy is one of the most fundamental concepts in the field of political philosophy and Sociology. Islamic civilization shaped new form of democracy based on Quran verses and manner of governance in Medina’ Al-Nabi and accepted equal rights of political participation for men and women. However, this form of democracy has not been continued in Muslim societies.
In contemporary period, especially after Islamic revolution in Iran, many social or political thinkers focused on religious democracy.
Apart from some scholars who reject religious democracy or disagree with current concepts in the political philosophy and social sciences, some other accept this form of democracy. In this paper, after reviewing these scholars, religious democracy from the Imam Khomeini’s perspective is discussed. Regarding methodology, we applied grounded theory (GTM) to find main concepts and theoretical model advocated by Imam Khomeini. Reviewing Imam Khomeini,s writings, especially his Sahife Noor, and using GTM we found the main categories of religious democracy including “Velaee leadership”, “legalism”, Islamic government”, “civil freedoms”, “global politic”, “public rights”, and “distinguishing expediency”. The central category is a “task-oriented” and “obligated” political system”. Finally, based on the above mentioned categories, Imam Khomeini’s theoretical model of religious democracy is presented.
Rereading and interpreting the ideas of leading Muslim thinkers
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The present article analyzes and reviews the conceptual underpinnings of articulation and evidence from the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Awakening Forums . In the context of this research, a hybrid approach of linguistic and critical theory in the analysis of texts and the _HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Fairclough" ...
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The present article analyzes and reviews the conceptual underpinnings of articulation and evidence from the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Awakening Forums . In the context of this research, a hybrid approach of linguistic and critical theory in the analysis of texts and the _HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Fairclough" o "Norman Fairclough"_Norman Fairclough_ Laclau and Mouffe's discourse theory and dominate hegemonic discourse of Islamic awakening in the process has benefited . Analysis of texts and speeches showed that the geometry of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic awakening in them the knowledge that the evidence of the discourse , "Imam Khomeini (RA) symbol of Islamic Awakening" , "Islamic revival" , "The Palestinian issue is the core of the Muslim world " , " software movement and science " , " promotion of science in the light of faith" , "belief in millenarianism" , "social justice" , "religious democracy" , "Hawzahhaye Ilmiyya" , "fight against cultural invasion " and " arrogance " evidence organized around a central and focal point " to establish Islamic civilization based on religion , rationality , science and ethics " has been established.realm of social and political action with a broad range of local and regional dimension of the world.
