An Analysis of Interdisciplinary Knowledge Formation "GENOPOLITICS" And Explaining Political Behavior Based on the Nature of Human Genetics

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Ehsan Taheri Hajivand ¹ , Seyed Javad Emam Jomeh Zadeh ² , Arash Ghodousi ³ , Mahnaz Goodarzi ⁴

1 - Ph.D Candidate of International Relations. Islamic Azad University, Isfahan(Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
3 - Forensic Medicine Ph.D, Associate Professor of Community Health Research Center, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch , Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2020-10-21 Accepted : 2021-01-05 Published : 2021-02-19

Keywords: gene, Politics, Genetics, Behavioral Genetics, Genopolitics,

Abstract :

Shortly After the Discovery of Genes, and Especially the New Findings in Genetics, it Became Clear that in Addition to Some Appearance and Physical Characteristics, Human Behavior is also Influenced by the Nature of his Internal Genetics. Hence, a New Interest and Motivation was Created Among a Group of Thinkers and Researchers in the Humanities to Study, Research and Defend the Genetic Foundations of Human Behavior, as well as to Combine their Knowledge with the Science of Genetics. Meanwhile, a New Generation of Thinkers and Researchers in Pol.Science and IR, with the Aim of Explaining Political Behaviors Based on the Nature of Human Genetics, began a Series of Studies and Researches that Eventually Led to the Emergence of New Interdisciplinary Knowledge Called "Genopolitics". However, so Far, Scientific Identity and their Achievements have not Been Carefully Studied in Domestic Research. This Study, by Using Tendency as Method, seeks to Snswer the Question: "What System and Discourse, Historical Background, Founders, Achievements and Challenges does Genopolitics Have?" The Findings of this Study Show that "Genopolitics is A Combined, Naturalistic, Empiricist-Rationalist and Justified Positivism Knowledge that has been Explains Political Behavior Based on the Genetic Nature Over more than Four Decades from the Beginning,

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