Mohamad Radmard; Javad Haghgoo
Abstract
The classical discourse of the monarchy dominated the political arena of Iran for more than a thousand years. In this discourse, the king is a Nodal point, freedom is not a place, and the concept of justice is also based on the king's personality. But in the pre constitutional era, the anti-discourse ...
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The classical discourse of the monarchy dominated the political arena of Iran for more than a thousand years. In this discourse, the king is a Nodal point, freedom is not a place, and the concept of justice is also based on the king's personality. But in the pre constitutional era, the anti-discourse of the monarchy is gradually taking shape in Iran. Accordingly, the question to be discussed in this study is: What contributed to the collapse of the classical discourse of monarchy and the formulation of constitutional discourse? This article seeks to show that the general crisis and disorder in Qajar Iran on the one hand and the familiarity of Iranians with the Constitutionalist discourse in the West and the moments of its discourse, such as justice and freedom, the field of marginalization of the classical discourse of monarchy and the rejection of the earlier meanings of justice and caused freedom. To achieve this, this article uses the methodology of the discourses of Laclau and Mouffe.
Shoja Ahmadvand; Ahamd Reza Bordbar
Abstract
There are numerous evidence proving that the Platonic and Aristotelian
thoughts, even those of Socrates, are inspired by the Eastern, especially Persian,
thought. There are two reasons for this fact: First, the state of Greece at that
time and communication of the Greek with the East, especially frequent ...
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There are numerous evidence proving that the Platonic and Aristotelian
thoughts, even those of Socrates, are inspired by the Eastern, especially Persian,
thought. There are two reasons for this fact: First, the state of Greece at that
time and communication of the Greek with the East, especially frequent trips of
the Magi and Eastern clerics to Minor Asia, and those of the Greek scholars to
the East which paved the way for the acquaintance. Second, the sublime features
of Iranian ideal kings which were always the foundation of Iranian religious and
political thought. An ideal and just kingship has been a title whose necessary
virtues have had similarities with divine perfection. The present study insists on
the influence of the Ancient Iranian Ideal Kingship Theory on the Western
Philosophers, especially Plato.
