Examining the Concept of Modernity in the Thought of Dariush Shayegan and Seyed Hossein Nasr

Subject Areas : علوم سیاسی

Ehsan Ayoobi ¹ , Fereshteh Sadat Ettefagh Far ² , Amir Dabiri Mehr ³

1 - Department of Political Science, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of History, Yadegar Imam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahreh Rey, Iran
3 - Department of Political Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2023-08-16 Accepted : 2023-08-16 Published : 2023-03-01

Keywords: West, tradition, Seyed Hossein Nasr, Dariush Shayegan, : Modernity,

Abstract :

The contrast between tradition and modernity has always been criticized throughout the history of political thought, and many thinkers have presented their views in this field in the Western and Islamic worlds. Meanwhile, the concept of modernity in the thought of Dariush Shayegan as a free thinker and Seyed Hossein Nasr as a traditional thinker and theorist is examined in this research. The theoretical framework of the research is a combination of Carl Gustav Jung's collective psychoanalysis and other hermeneutics theories. This research aims to answer the question, what is the approach of Dariush Shayegan and Seyed Hossein Nasr in facing modernity? The findings of the research also indicate that Dariush Shayegan as an Iranian thinker and intellectual underwent important changes during his intellectual life, and for this reason, his early views have very significant differences with his later opinions. On the other hand, Seyed Hossein Nasr, like Shayegan, is an ardent critic and opponent of modernity, and he believes that reforming religion leads to the deconstruction of religion and that there is no end except secularism and anti-religion. But his full-length defense of religious pluralism makes it difficult to make a final judgment about his thoughts. The method of descriptive analytical research and the method of collecting data is documentary.