A comparative study of the critical attitude of the Islamic school and the Frankfurt school towards the capitalist system in the category of lifestyle.

Talebipour, Saeeid; Ghanbary, Mohammadreza; Nasresfahani, Mohsen

A comparative study of the critical attitude of the Islamic school and the Frankfurt school towards the capitalist system in the category of lifestyle.

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

saeeid talebipour ¹

Mohammadreza Ghanbary ²

mohsen nasresfahani ³

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Humanities, Yasuj University, Yasuj, Iran.

² Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

³ islamic education group theology and islamic sciences payam Noor universitiy esfahan iran

Abstract

In the era of globalization, the boundaries between the state and society are increasingly blurring; a situation that has led to the weakening of the public sphere through the expansion of large organizations aligned with the state and the commercialization of the media. In this context, the capitalist system, by emphasizing the expansion of instrumental rationality and the dominance of science in social life, plays a pivotal role in reproducing these conditions. The consequence of this process is the marginalization of religion and tradition, the spread of objectification and commodification phenomena, and the penetration of these consumerist patterns into the boundaries of the private sphere. The present study, using a qualitative method and a descriptive-analytical approach, in light of the critical teachings of the Frankfurt School, seeks to answer the fundamental question of what capacities the Iranian-Islamic lifestyle has for confronting the consequences of the capitalist system in the context of globalization. The hypothesis of the article is based on the fact that the Islamic lifestyle is significant not only for Islamic societies, but also for all humanity as a source of spiritual guidance, moral regulation, and consolidation of cultural identity. The research findings show that meaningful readings of Islam have been able to enable the formation of specific social and political perspectives. In the meantime, the Islamic Republic of Iran, relying on its Iranian-Islamic identity, has the capacity to present a distinctive model in the form of an alternative lifestyle in the face of the challenges of globalization.

Keywords

Globalization

capitalist system

Islamic school

Frankfurt school

Iranian-Islamic lifestyle

Subjects

Topics related to the Islamic Revolution

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