Comparative study of Islamic and non-Islamic thinkers
Elahe Marandi; Zahrasadat Hejazi
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The endeavor to ascertain the cause and origin of sovereignty is among the issues that have engaged political philosophers. Mohammad Hossein Tabataba’i and Thomas Hobbes offer similar interpretations of humanity and social life, and the origin of sovereignty is derived from their theories. In this ...
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The endeavor to ascertain the cause and origin of sovereignty is among the issues that have engaged political philosophers. Mohammad Hossein Tabataba’i and Thomas Hobbes offer similar interpretations of humanity and social life, and the origin of sovereignty is derived from their theories. In this research, employing an exploratory-descriptive methodology, the question of "What is the origin of sovereignty from the perspectives of Mohammad Hossein Tabataba’i and Hobbes?" has been investigated. The research findings indicate that Hobbes, emphasizing the natural and equal rights of humans, seeks to formulate a theory concerning right, power, and the connection between right and power. He locates the origin in the social contract and the necessity of absolute security. The Hobbesian human is one devoid of social bonds, dominated by instinctive and irrational forces, existing in a savage state (state of nature) from which there is no escape except through a conditional social contract in favor of a third party (the Sovereign), entailing the surrender of all rights and authorities. From Tabataba’i’s perspective, humans are inevitably bound to social life, which is founded upon a practical contract—namely, the contract of mutual employment and social justice. In his view, early humans were under the influence of natural forces, and the dominion of these natural forces encompassed even reason. However, through social progression, reason attains perfection, is reinforced by revelation and prophethood, and comes to govern the natural forces. The findings reveal that the fundamental difference in the anthropology and legal philosophy of these two thinkers leads to two distinct analyses of politics and government. The results of this research can contribute to the development of a comparative understanding of Islamic and Western political philosophy.
Rereading and interpreting the ideas of leading Muslim thinkers
Javad Mahdianpoor; Hamid reza saremi
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Investigating Suhrawardi's thoughts on Urban planning and design Abstract: The problems have been exacerbated in different countries of the world imported theories in some fields, are inefficient. Development-related aspects of intellectual ideas and beliefs in various fields including urban planning ...
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Investigating Suhrawardi's thoughts on Urban planning and design Abstract: The problems have been exacerbated in different countries of the world imported theories in some fields, are inefficient. Development-related aspects of intellectual ideas and beliefs in various fields including urban planning are essential. Using the theoretical foundations and principles of Islamic Architecture and urban planning and the thoughts and works of Muslim scholars, this study can be effective. The purpose of this research is to study Suhrawardi's thinking in different dimensions of the city and finally to draw the ideal Islamic city. This is a fundamental research, and its research method is a combination of methods of "text and content analysis", "causal analysis and meta-analysis" in some sections, and "exploratory" and "deductive-descriptive" methods. And collecting information from library resources and documents. The research findings show that the most important feature of the desirable city is intellectual and beliefs in the city Which appear in different social, economic, political dimensions of the city. The physical characteristics of the city are important because they play an important role in promoting the other two aspects.
