An Introduction to Contemporary Political Theory

An Introduction to Morteza Motahari''''s Political Thought

Although Motahari is not a political thinker but analyzing his political ideas and believes amongst the ideas of Iranian political thinkers in the last 5 decades is indeed essential because Motahari’s political standpoint has a key role in Islamic revolution of Iran. This paper regards Motahari''s vision to his time and studies his writings according to the questions he faced and posed in his t...

1 Submission to Contemporary Political Theory

Since the onset of the 2008 economic crisis and the resurgence of various forms of transnational radical politics (the Arab Spring, Occupy etc), several left-wing thinkers have argued that the era of left melancholia is now over. This paper examines such claims, paying particular attention to the recent re-engagement with the idea of communism in contemporary critical theory. Foregrounding the ...

an introduction to political fiqh

fiqh (islamic jurisprudence) is known as the knowledge of life in islamic literature. so, political fiqh is usually defined as a go-between and coherent adaptor of faith and politics in islamic communities. in this article, i outline the general anatomy of political fiqh and attempt to provide a productive paradigm for understanding islamic society's politics. i concentrate in particular o...

Number Theory: A Contemporary Introduction

An Introduction to Contemporary Theories of Content

This paper is intended to introduce advanced students of philosophy of mind to central theories and concepts that have been used to characterize mental meaning, content, and representation. I initially provide relevant historical background. Then I discuss the ubiquitous sense/reference distinction suggested by Frege. Finally, I outline the three major kinds of contemporary theories of mental r...