SOCIOLOGISM OR INDIVIDUALISM – ABOUT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF MORTEZA MOTAHARI’S SOCIAL THOUGHT
Main Article Content
Abstract
Morteza Motahari (1919–1979) was a renowned Iranian philosopher, jurist, and sociologist from the end of the 20th century. He is the author of more than 60 books, 20 of which are directly connected to various sociologic topics. Motahari’s books became very popular upon his death and the historically significant statement by Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, stating that Motahari’s ideas were the essence of what the Islamic Revolution in Iran was striving for. Since then, Motahari’s books have been printed in more than fifty million copies in Persian, Arabic, English, and other world languages, which turned him into one of the most popular writers in the history of science.
Motahari supported neither Durkheim’s sociologism nor Spencer's individualism, but he advocated for the third way of understanding society, according to which the primacy is attached simultaneously to an individual and society. This paper will try to present his basic ideas regarding the society definition, or, more precisely, whether a person creates the society or the society creates a person.
Article Details
References
Kuran.
Agha, Shiraz Husain (2016), „An Analysis of the Proofs for the Principality of the Creation of Existence in the Transcendent Philosophy of Mulla Sadra“, Kom: Journal of Religious Sciences5 (2): 1–21.
Ankerberg, John&Weldon, John (1998), Darwin’s Leap of Faith: Exposing the False Religion of Evolution, Eugene, Oregon, Harvest House Publishing.
Aron, Reymond (2015), Marahel-e asasi-je sejr-e andiše dar đameešenasi, preveo na persijski jezik Baker Parham, Tehran, Elmi va farhangi.
Barnes, Hari Elmer (1982), Uvod u istoriju sociologije, preveli Vasilija Đukanović i Dušan Milanković, Beograd, BIGZ.
Darvin, Čarls (1985), Postanak vrsta, preveo s engleskog Nedeljko Divac, Beograd, Nolit.
Dirkem, Emil (1972), Podela društvenog rada, s francuskog preveo Božidar Marković, Beograd, Prosveta.
Durkheim, Emille (1954), Elementary Forms of Religious Life, translated by J. W. Swain, New York, MacMillan.
Hadžajlić, Mirsad (2014), „Dinamika humano-božanstvene civilizacije s osvrtom na stanovišta Bernarda Luisa“, Kom: časopis za religijske nauke 3 (1): 131–161.
Halilović, Muamer (2015), „Božje otkrovenje ili religijsko iskustvo – analiza različitih modela razumevanja otkrovenja“, Kom: časopis za religijske nauke 4 (1): 79–98.
Halilović, Tehran (2016), „Poreklo duše u Mula Sadrinoj filozofiji“, Kom: časopis za religijske nauke 5 (2): 39–54.
Hitler, Adolph (1964), Mein Kampf, New York, Reynall and Hitchcock.
Mubarak, Abdulkadir (2016), „Democracy from Islamic Law Perspective“, Kom: Journal of Religious Sciences 5 (3): 1–18.
Mutahari, Murteza (1994), Ensan dar Koran, 8. izdanje, Tehran, Sadra.
Mutahari, Murteza (1996), Dah goftar, 12. izdanje, Tehran, Sadra.
Mutahari, Murteza (2003), O jedinosti božijoj, preveo s persijskog jezika Muamer Kodrić, Sarajevo, „Ibn Sina“.
Mutahari, Murteza (2006), Hatamijat, 20. izdanje, Tehran, Sadra.
Mutahari, Murteza (2008a), Elal-e geraješ be madigari, 30. izdanje, Tehran, Sadra.
Mutahari, Murteza (2008b), Islam i Iran, uzajamni doprinosi, preveo s persijskog jezika Muamer Kodrić, Sarajevo, „Ibn Sina“.
Mutahari, Murteza (2009), Azadi-je manavi, 44. izdanje, Tehran, Sadra.
Mutahari, Murteza (2010), Mađmue-je asar, 18. izdanje, Tehran, Sadra.
Mutahari, Murteza (2016), Divine Justice, translated by Sulayman Hasan Abidi, Murtada Alidina, Shuja Ali Mirza, drugo izdanje, Kom, al-Mustafa International University.
Trevor-Roper, H. R. (1953), Hitler’s Table Talk, London, Weidenfiels&Nicolson.
Wilder-Smith, A. E. (1981), The Natural Science Knows Nothing of Evolution, San Diego, Master Books.