in this article, political developments in iran after the islamic revolution has been studied to answer this question we describe and identify the nature of iran's political system and mechanisms of change in these political systems and we try to prove this hypothesis that political developments in iran in this period has been involved changes in government. this changes have affected by c...

one of the main debates in the realm of western political thought which, one dare say, evolved simultaneously with the rise of man's political thought and is still evolving, is a historical debate on virtue and freedom. this study seeks to trace and highlight the main characteristics of each of these two sets of political theories, virtue-centered and freedom-oriented, in the history of we...

according to halabi, a theologian and jurist in fifth century (ah), a human being is a responsible creature who needs a guide to carry out his responsibilities. while imam mahdi was present, one had to refer to him for guidence, but in his absence one has to refer to a just faqih. thus, there is no other choice; all other ruling systems lacking legitimacy.

justice is an original fact in the universe. it isnot conventional. and, it refers to the consideration of proportion in doing anything. imam ali lived in harmony with the originally created justice in the universe. he observed the justice in the heavens and the earth and did his best to apply it to his own life and to the islamic society, as well. he thought justice was the cause for the survi...

in this research, the relation between political philosophy and power in political thought of leo strauss and michel foucault has been discussed. to nietzsche and his different definition of power, this concept had close relationship with centralization and political rulership, so that political philosophy as a seeking to reach the truth, its relation to power was defined as a reply to justify ...

In this paper I employ the notion of the ‘thought of the outside’ as developed by Michel Foucault, in order to defend the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze against the criticisms of ‘elitism,’ ‘aristocratism,’ and ‘political indifference’—famously leveled by Alain Badiou and Peter Hallward. First, I argue that their charges of a theophanic conception of Being, which ground the broader political clai...

Th e paper places the work of G. Gaus into the tradition of political thought experimenting. In particular, his strategy of modeling moral decision by the heuristic device of idealized Members of the Public is presented as an iterated thought experiment, which stands in marked contrast with more traditional devices like the veil of ignorance. Th e consequences are drawn, and issues of utopianis...