From semantics to ontology of civilization Based on the anthropological model of Islamic wisdom

Document Type : Original Article

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Academic staff of Imam Sadeq University

Abstract

In this article, relying on the analytic-philosophical method as well as the "research implication" method, the consequences of anthropology have been examined in the definition and ontology of civilization. The main idea that has been developed in this article and its foundations and accessories have been examined is that if the types of social lives are the manifestation of different types of humans; Civilization is the manifestation of the "multi-dimensional" but "single-personality" human aspect.According to this, civilization is a kind of social life in which all the dimensions of human existence are actualized in the form of social institutions, including political, scientific, economic, artistic, educational, military, health, etc., and secondly, in all these multiple institutions. It should be a kind of single collective spirit and the unity of the sovereign personality. These two foundations of the definition of civilization are explained in Islamic wisdom based on the two anthropological principles of "unity in plurality" and "plurality in unity" and in applying the proof of this principle to the life of civilization, the basis of the originality of society and its accessories are used. Is. In the rest of the article, the consequences and advantages of this definition and ontology of civilization are examined in 10 sub-sections.including the concreteness of this definition and its comparison with other definitions of civilization and its advantages in explaining the meaning of "civilizational ideal", "civilizational vision", "civilizational forces", "civilization-making and civilization-burning cultures", "organic growth of civilizations", " "Civilized communication" and "civilized behavior" have been investigated.

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