The position of women in democracy in Farabi's perspective

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• yalda shahravan ¹
• Syed Hussain Seyed Mousavi ²
• vahideh fakhar noghani ³

¹ PhD student of Quran and Islamic Texts, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

² دانشیار، گروه معارف اسلامی، دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد، مشهد، ایران.

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad Iran.

Abstract

The main question of the present article is "Study of the position of women in Farabi democratic society". In other words, in Farabi's view, can women also be considered a place in a democratic society?
Political philosophy portrays tasks for women in political life, while Farabi, as the leading philosopher of her time, has established a deep connection between Greek philosophical thought and the teachings of Islam. Also, according to Greek scholars, Farabi considers man to be a civil citizen by nature and deals with the female character with a humanistic and virtuous orientation and almost independent of gender.
This research has descriptively and analytically examined Farabi's views on the status of women in a desirable and democratic civil society. Al-Farabi has always used general and all-encompassing terms in his philosophical theories, that is, he does not place gender at the center of the distinction between human beings. In his anthropological view, gender does not interfere with humanity.

Keywords

• Women
• Farabi
• democracy

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