Psychological analysis of Simorgh story of Attar Neyshaburi according to Maslow’s theory of need

Subject Areas : comparative literature

golnia saed ¹ , Fateh Sohrabi ²

1 - Sanandaj university of medical Science. Ghods hospital. Psychology unit
2 - Kurdistan univesity of medical science, ghods hospital, psychology unit.

Received: 2018-12-22 Accepted : 2019-07-20 Published : 2019-11-22

Keywords: Mantegh-Altayr, Attar-Neyshaburi, Simorgh, Abraham-Maslow, Psychological corroespendence, Mystic literature,

Abstract :

Studying the mystic literature of our historical culture and comparing them with modern psychological theories is an interesting context that has being in the scope of attention for many decades. One of this matters is about similarities between mystic and its steps with humanistic theories of psychologists. For this end, the aim of this study is to consider the Simorgh Story of Attar Neyshabouri with Maslow’s Hierarchical Theory of Needs. Maslow’s hierarchical theory of needs respectively contains physiological needs, safety need, Love and belongingness needs, respect and esteem needs, and self-actualization needs. The method of our study was conceptual analysis of the meaning of dialogues according to the aforementioned theory. Therefore, we considered the birds reasoning along with the story with the levels of need along with the Maslow's hierarchical theory and finally their concepts and contexts scrutinized. The results showed that the birds reasoning and opinions along with the Attar's story have accommodated with proposed needs of the Maslow’s theory. However, their context are difference, but their procedure are most resembles together. Also, except than the general materials, they have many common things in their details. So it can be said that the story of Simorgh could better understood if it put under the conceptual frame of Maslow's theory.