چکیده:
The purpose of this study is to analyze the arguments for the authoritarianism in Farabi’s utopia. The most significant arguments by the supporters of this idea were mentioned relying upon three elements of hegemony, utopianism, and violence in Farabi’s utopia. Using an interpretative method, it was attempted to derive the reasonings behind authoritarianism in Farabi’s utopia in order to prove their inaccuracy based on the detailed exegesis of Farab’is texts. The results showed that although there is hegemony in the relationship between the members in Farabi’s utopia, it is not authoritarian. Furthermore, the evidences revealed that his imagined community is free from utopian aspects as he has attempted to present a perfect society in the realm of real time and place not in the world of spiritual essences. Violence in the form mentioned by the supporters of the abovementioned idea has no place in Farabi’s utopia.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Research Article Critiquing the Relation of Authoritarianism to Farabi's Virtuous City Seyyed Mohammad Hadi Moqaddasi1 Mohsen Rezvani2 PhD student, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, Qom, Iran (Corresponding Author).
The most important arguments proposed by proponents of this idea rely on the presence of three elements: hierarchy, utopianism, and violence in Farabi's Virtuous City.
In the Islamic world, the emergence of authoritarianism and the absence of this term in classical texts of Islamic political philosophy led some researchers to examine the relationship between the views of early philosophers, including Farabi, and it (Firohi, 1999: p.
The most important arguments by proponents of this idea have been raised by relying on the presence of three elements: transcendence, utopianism, and violence in Farabi's Virtuous City.
2. Transcendence In one of the most important analyses of authoritarianism in Farabi's political philosophy, it has been formulated by relying on the existence of transcendence among the members of the Virtuous City.
The second argument for the authoritarian nature of Farabi's Virtuous City is proving it through its utopian nature.
In explaining the first premise, some authors have stated that Farabi's Virtuous City is "a city in the world of intellectual abstractions," "a city in words," and merely serves as "a horizon for humans to measure existing cities" (Tabataba'i, 1383: p.
In general, the analysis of the goal of political authority from Farabi's perspective is enlightening in relating his Virtuous City to authoritarianism.
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