Analysis and Examination of the Monotheistic Society Characteristics in the Thought of Ayatollah Khamenei

Document Type : Science - Research

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1 Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran. Tehran, IRAN.

2 Ph.D. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, IRAN.

Abstract

The concept of monotheistic (tawḥīdi) society is in fact a reflection of the economic and political dimensions derived from the cultural-epistemological dimensions derived from the social and objective interpretation of monotheism. This concept was a response to the lack of research on the social characteristics of Islamic monotheism, which was analyzed by contemporary Muslim thinkers in the context of the domination and military and intellectual invasion of foreign colonialism and the deviation of Islamic societies. Ayatollah Khamenei (1939) was one of these thinkers who had focused on this concept before the Islamic Revolution until now, and the purpose of this article is to address this concept in his mind. Therefore, the body of research is divided into three parts and with a library, documentary and analytical method, in the first part epistemological and theoretical indicators, in the second part to economic dimensions and in the third part to the political characteristics of the monotheistic society are discussed. In this regard, in the first part, concepts such as the high importance of monotheism in Islamic thought, monotheistic worldview and ontology are introduced. The second part deals with issues such as a monotheistic society without class differences, economic justice and the elimination of poverty. In the third part, Ayatollah Khamenei discusses issues such as the role of monotheism in human freedom, the role of monotheism in denying ungodly governments and proving Islamic rule and foreign policy in a monotheistic society.

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Contemporary Researches on Islamic Revolution
Volume 4, Issue 12
June 2022
Pages 191-209

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