The Study of Epistemological Ambiguities in the Understanding of the “Authoritarian Aspects of Alfarabi’s Political Philosopy”

In the field of Islamic political philosophy, there is a relatively new interpretation of Alfarabi’s political philosophy that uses the Foucault’s discourse analysis to see unknown aspects of the Alfarabi’s political idea; the aspects that show the historical relationship between “power” and “knowle...

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Main Author: Babak Omidali
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Published: Shahid Beheshti University 2018-03-01
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description In the field of Islamic political philosophy, there is a relatively new interpretation of Alfarabi’s political philosophy that uses the Foucault’s discourse analysis to see unknown aspects of the Alfarabi’s political idea; the aspects that show the historical relationship between “power” and “knowledge” in Muslim societies. Based on this interpretation of the Islamic political knowledge in general and Alfarabi’s idea in particular, we are faced with the “authoritarian” aspects of Alfarabi’s idea of “The Opinions of the People of the Virtuous City”; the idea that arises from the structure of the political power of the Alfarabis’s era, and is formed to expand the hierarchical notion of political order instead of shaping a critical knowledge. In this article, the epistemological foundations of such interpretation are the main issues that will be under discussion in two parts: the “ideological” dimensions of Alfarabi’s political idea and the ways in which Foucault’s discourse analysis can be applied. As far as these issues are concerned, it seems to be some ambiguities in aforementioned interpretation.
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spelling doaj-art-31ea3ebd76434cc1a00ab3d978ca30d72025-08-20T03:37:32ZfasShahid Beheshti Universityرهیافتهای سیاسی و بین المللی1735-739X2645-43862018-03-01101436199727The Study of Epistemological Ambiguities in the Understanding of the “Authoritarian Aspects of Alfarabi’s Political Philosopy”Babak Omidali0Tarbiat Modarres UniversityIn the field of Islamic political philosophy, there is a relatively new interpretation of Alfarabi’s political philosophy that uses the Foucault’s discourse analysis to see unknown aspects of the Alfarabi’s political idea; the aspects that show the historical relationship between “power” and “knowledge” in Muslim societies. Based on this interpretation of the Islamic political knowledge in general and Alfarabi’s idea in particular, we are faced with the “authoritarian” aspects of Alfarabi’s idea of “The Opinions of the People of the Virtuous City”; the idea that arises from the structure of the political power of the Alfarabis’s era, and is formed to expand the hierarchical notion of political order instead of shaping a critical knowledge. In this article, the epistemological foundations of such interpretation are the main issues that will be under discussion in two parts: the “ideological” dimensions of Alfarabi’s political idea and the ways in which Foucault’s discourse analysis can be applied. As far as these issues are concerned, it seems to be some ambiguities in aforementioned interpretation.https://piaj.sbu.ac.ir/article_99727_c1457581c125d4fc74b1e604a6e59a6d.pdf: interpretationpolitical knowledgealfarabi’s political philosophyideologycityrupture
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The Study of Epistemological Ambiguities in the Understanding of the “Authoritarian Aspects of Alfarabi’s Political Philosopy”
رهیافتهای سیاسی و بین المللی
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political knowledge
alfarabi’s political philosophy
ideology
city
rupture
title The Study of Epistemological Ambiguities in the Understanding of the “Authoritarian Aspects of Alfarabi’s Political Philosopy”
title_full The Study of Epistemological Ambiguities in the Understanding of the “Authoritarian Aspects of Alfarabi’s Political Philosopy”
title_fullStr The Study of Epistemological Ambiguities in the Understanding of the “Authoritarian Aspects of Alfarabi’s Political Philosopy”
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title_short The Study of Epistemological Ambiguities in the Understanding of the “Authoritarian Aspects of Alfarabi’s Political Philosopy”
title_sort study of epistemological ambiguities in the understanding of the authoritarian aspects of alfarabi s political philosopy
topic : interpretation
political knowledge
alfarabi’s political philosophy
ideology
city
rupture
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