Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise in Iran

This article is dedicated to the evaluation of Spinoza’s TTP. TTP is one of the most valuable treatises of the Enlightenment and represents the controversy of the old and the new in seventeenth-century Europe. The treatise includes the historical hermeneutics of Scripture and represents Spinoza’s re...

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Main Author: Reza Najafzadeh
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Published: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS) 2020-11-01
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Online Access:https://criticalstudy.ihcs.ac.ir/article_5816_6e851d7414f6acc866527d29add98823.pdf
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description This article is dedicated to the evaluation of Spinoza’s TTP. TTP is one of the most valuable treatises of the Enlightenment and represents the controversy of the old and the new in seventeenth-century Europe. The treatise includes the historical hermeneutics of Scripture and represents Spinoza’s republican political philosophy. The theological chapters of TTP, as well as its political chapters, contain topics that can be useful to the Iranian society involved in religious politics and political religion. Spinozist studies in Iran have not been significant compared to Anglo-Saxon, Jewish, and French traditions. These studies in the form of authorship and translation have become more serious from 2010 onward. The translation of TTP by Ali Ferdowsi in Iran is a good endeavor in itself, but there are also criticisms. For several reasons, Ferdowsi’s translation cannot be considered the end of the road: abstruse and unfamiliar language, unequal equivalents, misplacement of some sentences and words, and especially exclusive reliance on Silverthorne-Israel translation and lack of direct reference to Latin and other versions of this treatise can be enumerated as the pitfalls.
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spelling doaj-art-baf5ce0e24b64737af59a80ad7efeeca2025-01-08T05:47:06ZfasInstitute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS)پژوهش‌نامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامه‌های علوم انسانی2383-16502020-11-0120927329810.30465/crtls.2020.30875.18475816Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise in IranReza Najafzadeh0Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Economics and Political ScienceThis article is dedicated to the evaluation of Spinoza’s TTP. TTP is one of the most valuable treatises of the Enlightenment and represents the controversy of the old and the new in seventeenth-century Europe. The treatise includes the historical hermeneutics of Scripture and represents Spinoza’s republican political philosophy. The theological chapters of TTP, as well as its political chapters, contain topics that can be useful to the Iranian society involved in religious politics and political religion. Spinozist studies in Iran have not been significant compared to Anglo-Saxon, Jewish, and French traditions. These studies in the form of authorship and translation have become more serious from 2010 onward. The translation of TTP by Ali Ferdowsi in Iran is a good endeavor in itself, but there are also criticisms. For several reasons, Ferdowsi’s translation cannot be considered the end of the road: abstruse and unfamiliar language, unequal equivalents, misplacement of some sentences and words, and especially exclusive reliance on Silverthorne-Israel translation and lack of direct reference to Latin and other versions of this treatise can be enumerated as the pitfalls.https://criticalstudy.ihcs.ac.ir/article_5816_6e851d7414f6acc866527d29add98823.pdfpolitical theologypolitical philosophyspinozismenlightenmentrepublicanism
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Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise in Iran
پژوهش‌نامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامه‌های علوم انسانی
political theology
political philosophy
spinozism
enlightenment
republicanism
title Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise in Iran
title_full Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise in Iran
title_fullStr Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise in Iran
title_full_unstemmed Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise in Iran
title_short Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise in Iran
title_sort spinoza s theological political treatise in iran
topic political theology
political philosophy
spinozism
enlightenment
republicanism
url https://criticalstudy.ihcs.ac.ir/article_5816_6e851d7414f6acc866527d29add98823.pdf
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