The contexts and necessities of realizing the modern Islamic civilization from the viewpoint the civilizationists

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Shahed University

2 Ph.D. Student of the Islamic Revolution Studies, Shahed University

Abstract

Numerous intellectual currents have been formed in the Islamic world to explain the causes and necessities of growth and prosperity of the society. Among these currents, the civilizationists have a civilizational view in analyzing the causes of backwardness and explaining the contexts and necessities for resolving these problems. They consider rebuilding “the Islamic civilization” or creating a “modern Islamic civilization” as the favorable prospect for the Islamic world. Using the document analysis method and by taking notes of the available sources, this article tries to recognize the contexts of the creation of this intellectual current and explain necessities of realizing the modern Islamic civilization from the viewpoint of the civilizationists. The article shows that according to the civilizationists, to realize the modern Islamic civilization, it is necessary to take into account two categories of actual elements (lifestyle and the network of social relations based on the Islamic teachings) as well as instrumental elements (material organization and issues such as initiatives, means, institutions, political and international authority). From this perspective, the basic necessities of realizing the modern Islamic civilization are Quranism, Scientism, Islamization of knowledge and universalism.

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Political Science
Volume 19, Issue 75
March 2017
Pages 123-150

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