Rationality and modernism in the thought and works of Mohammad Ali Foroughi

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

Mohamad Ali nobakht ¹ , maghsood ranjbar ² , Ali mohseni ³

1 - PhD Student in Political Science - Iran Issues Islamic Azad University, Qom Branch
2 - faculty member ,Islamic Azad University,Qom branche
3 - faculty member islamic azad uinversity Qom branch

Received: 2020-10-17 Accepted : 2021-02-06 Published : 2020-11-21

Keywords: Iran, modernism, Rationality, Political System, Mohammad Ali Foroughi,

Abstract :

The inefficiency and backwardness of the structure of the political system ruling Iran during the Qajar period did not bring any achievements for the Iranian nation except poverty, disease and humiliation. Hence, the elites tried to create a change in the paradigm of thought that governs the traditional Iranian system and an important change in the Iranian intellectual space by combining rationality and modernism. The aim of the present study is to measure the relationship between rationality and modernism in the works and ideas of Mohammad Ali Foroughi "Zaka-ol-Molk". Foroughi with deep thinking and avoidance of extremist tendencies and study of new philosophical and political ideas of the West, which was unprecedented among the political elites until his time; He had a deep and measured understanding of the political body of Iran. With a realistic vision and focusing his power on political enlightenment and translation, he wrote classical texts of Western culture, lecturing and writing articles; Introduced modern philosophical, economic and political ideas to Iranians. The main research question is that; To what extent has rationality and modernism influenced the thought and works of Mohammad Ali Foroughi? And the hypothesis of the present article is that Mohammad Ali Foroughi had a better understanding of rationality and modernism than the modernist elites of his time and his effort was to create a coherent and measured writings in intellectual development, intellectual maturity and the creation of modern institutions theoretical and practical role