yosofAli Beiranvand; ghasem sahraei; Ali Heidari
Abstract
Human group is one of the most important social phenomena. Molavi in Masnavi, has repeatedly referred to the concept of social group and recommended group conduct to his disciples and audiences. What Molavi has stated about the group is highly dynamic and his ideas can be applied and localized as theoretical ...
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Human group is one of the most important social phenomena. Molavi in Masnavi, has repeatedly referred to the concept of social group and recommended group conduct to his disciples and audiences. What Molavi has stated about the group is highly dynamic and his ideas can be applied and localized as theoretical knowledge. In this paper, we attempt to study Molavi's views on the social group, using an analytical- descriptive method to address three questions; first, what are the criteria for forming a group? second, what are the benefits of a group? and third, what are the weaknesses of a group? After reviewing Molavi's verses cited in Masnavi, it can be concluded that from Molavi's view, similarity of a number of people result in formation of a social group and benefits of groups are necessity of crossing the path, obeying religious decrees, and overcoming disappointment. In addition, according to Molavi, vulnerabilities of a social group include disloyalty of members of the group, not having a holy purpose, unknowing leader, and accompanying ignorant and indecent people.
