A Lecture Series on the History of Political Thought in Modern Iran, Taught by Davood Feirahi

A Lecture Series on the History of Political Thought in Modern Iran, held at the Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, by Davood Feirahi – First Semester of the 1398 Academic Year (Doctoral Level)

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A Lecture Series on the History of Political Thought in Modern Iran by Davood Feirahi

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Audio of Session One

➖ The Collapse of the Safavids and the Crisis of Tradition ➖ Skepticism towards Modernity and a Return to Traditional Roots

Audio of Session Two

➖ Ferdowsi and the "Pandnameh-ye Ardeshir" (Testament of Ardeshir) ➖ Unease in the Relationship between Religion and the National State

Audio of Session Three

➖ The Sasanian Tradition ➖ The Iranian Tradition in the Medieval Islamic Period

Audio of Session Four

➖ A Reflection on the Treatise "Mosakken al-Shojun" ➖ The Treatise "Iqaz al-Ulama wa Tanbih al-Umara"

Audio of Session Five

➖ The Constitutional State and Religious Government ➖ Attempts to Resolve the Contradiction between Religion and the Modern State

Audio of Session Six

➖ An Anatomy of the Contradiction between Religion and the New State ➖ Constitutionalism and Traditional Governance

Audio of Session Seven

➖ Divine Law and the Law of the Republic ➖ An Effort to Assimilate "Modernity"

Audio of Session Eight

➖ Akhund Khorasani and the Modern State ➖ Marja'iyya and the National Consultative Assembly

Audio of Session Nine

➖ The Paradigmatic Rift ➖ The Problem of Description and the Enigma of Judgment

Audio of Session Ten

➖ The Doctrinal Rift and Political Intolerance ➖ A Reflection on the Petitions of Sheikh Fazlollah Nouri

Audio of Session Eleven

➖ Separating Political Tradition from Scripture ➖ A Comparison of Tradition and Scripture in Islamic and Christian Literature

Audio of Session Twelve (Final)

➖ The Mechanism of Affirmation

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