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Political Science

Mohammad Reza Jalaeipour: A Few Questions for Ali Motahari on Social Freedoms

Critiquing Ali Motahari's remarks on hijab and social freedoms, Jalaipour raises questions about jurisprudential foundations, minority rights, and racist and gendered statements, calling for attention to empirical evidence and justice in the social sphere.

April 9, 20214 min17K

Political Science

Mostafa Malekian's Introduction to The Politics of Happiness

In an introduction to The Politics of Happiness, Mostafa Malekian examines the proposal that government should be directed toward the happiness of its citizens, and analyzes its presuppositions about the power of government and the dependence of happiness on external circumstances.

March 29, 20219 min20K

Philosophy

Javad Heydari in Conversation with Sedanet: “John Rawls’s Theory of Justice”

By orienting ethics toward institutions and critiquing utilitarianism, John Rawls rescued political philosophy from stagnation. He asked how people with conflicting interests can live together under moral principles. Javad Heydari in conversation with Sedanet.

March 21, 202123 min19K

Philosophy

Hossein Hooshmand in Conversation with Sedanet: “Beyond Laïcité and Political Religion: A Look at John Rawls’s Political Liberalism”

Rawls seeks societal stability in accepting the 'fact of reasonable pluralism'; neither political religion nor radical laïcité is effective. Hossein Houshmand examines the challenges of the religion–state relationship and the failure of secular revolutions, drawing on the ideas of Rawls and Walzer.

March 16, 202123 min16KPhilosophyHossein Hooshmand in Conversation with Sedanet: “Beyond Laïcité and Political Religion: A Look at John Rawls’s Political Liberalism”

March 16, 2021

Philosophy

Ethical Liberalism: Sedanet in Conversation with Hossein Dabbagh

Hossein Dabbagh critiques the link between classical liberalism and utilitarianism, emphasizing rights and justice. Pointing to historical injustices and deprivations, he argues for state intervention to ensure equality of opportunity, while also addressing critiques of taxation, desert, and equality.

February 26, 20213 min20K

Economic Sciences

Village Swaraj, by Mahatma Gandhi, translated by Gholamali Keshani

In his book Village Swaraj, Gandhi goes beyond politics to emerge as a social activist and economic thinker who considers political independence worthless without village self-rule, and offers solutions for rural prosperity through decentralization.

February 23, 202112 min20K

Philosophy

Hossein Dabbagh's Article 'The Priority of Justice over Democracy'

Democracy without justice can become a tool for entrenching injustice. Emphasising the primacy of justice, Hossein Dabbagh argues that ending repression is the starting point for redressing injustices and realising free, rational participation in an ethical democracy.

February 22, 20217 min8K

Political Science

Koucheh Special Issue on the Occasion of World Day of Social Justice

To mark World Day of Social Justice, Kucheh magazine has published a special issue featuring articles by scholars from diverse intellectual traditions. The collection examines the many dimensions of justice in politics, education and culture, reviving a neglected concept.

February 19, 20213 min16K

Philosophy

Nezam Bahrami Komeil's essay 'Ernst Cassirer, Yadollah Moqan, and the murmur of the silent current of Enlightenment in Iran'

Through his translations of Cassirer, Yadollah Mowqen demonstrated that Enlightenment values are the only way to counter dictatorship, and that Iranian society's compatibility with these values stands in contrast to the leftist and religious intellectual currents that marginalized freedom and democracy after the revolution.

February 15, 202149 min17KPhilosophyNezam Bahrami Komeil's essay 'Ernst Cassirer, Yadollah Moqan, and the murmur of the silent current of Enlightenment in Iran'

February 15, 2021

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