The "ontological" approach to the capacities and components that shape the Iranian-Islamic civilization in the system of religious democracy

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD in Political Science - Political Thought. Azad University, Tehran Branch Center

2 Department of International Relations, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Political Science, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran

4 Department of Political Science - Political Thoughts, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The phenomenon of religious democraticity emerged in recent decades, inspired by the teachings of pure Muhammadan Islam and in the context of political and social realities of Iran after the victory of the Islamic Revolution. This new political system has been reflected by intellectuals and theorists in various fields of humanities due to its exquisiteness and unprecedentedness and was viewed from different angles and dimensions. Now with the idea of the Iranian-Islamic model of progress and movement in the path of civilizational development based on the life-based study of Islam and relying on the teachings and capacities of the development of ijtihad jurisprudence and application Shi'a religion, as well as relying on the unmatched natural and human talents of Iran, has a place to control the tea of religious democraticity in the course of the realization and development of this pattern and finally the creation of civilization. The central question of this paper is also focused on the role of the new and existing political system located in the Islamic Republic of Iran in achieving the objectives of drawing this model. The method used in this paper is a descriptive-excellent combination with a civilizational view on various approaches in democratic systems that is controlled and processed by applying the "cognitive nucleus" approach around the capacities and components that shape Iranian-Islamic civilization in the religious democratic system. The central core of this approach is a civilization derived from the realization of the Iranian-Islamic model of progress and the participation of the people in determining their destiny. This phenomenon, in turn, organizes and promotes ...

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