چکیده:
Rationality, as a key concept in the history of human civilization and humanities, holds a fundamental place in both modern Western theories and the discourse of religious reformism in Iran. The present research attempts to conduct a historical investigation into the concept of critical rationality, focusing on the views of Shaykh Hadi Najmabadi, a modernist thinker of the Qajar period. This article, using an analytical-interpretive approach and employing documentary methods and content analysis, seeks to explore and re-read rationality within Shaykh Hadi’s intellectual system. The research findings indicate that rationality, in Shaykh Hadi's view, is not merely instrumental or subservient to power; rather, it possesses a critical, ethical, and libertarian dimension that can be placed within the framework of a dialogue between Islamic tradition and contemporary political science theories. In this research, data analysis led to the extraction of 64 initial codes, 9 secondary concepts, and 3 organizing categories. Accordingly, the three main dimensions of critical rationality in the viewpoint of Shaykh Hadi Najmabadi are: Reason as an independent source of knowledge, Critique of Power (Political/Religious) relying on Reason, and Critical Rationality as a force for social reform. This analysis shows that indigenous ideas, when critically re-read, have the capacity to expand theories of political science
خلاصه ماشینی:
Critical Rationality Based on the Viewpoint of Sheikh Hadi Najmabadi Seyed Hossein Mir, Ali Akbar Amini, Abdolhossein Al-e Karam, Fatemeh Sadat Mir 1 PhD student of Political Science, Faculty of Political Science, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran, Email: seyedhossein.
The research findings indicate that rationality in Sheikh Hadi's view is not merely an instrument or obedient to power, but possesses a critical, ethical, and libertarian dimension that can be placed within a dialogue between Islamic tradition and contemporary political science theories.
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