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A Theoretical Component of Political Inegalitarianism in Perso-Islamicate Thought

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2017

ALIREZA SHOMALI
ALIREZA SHOMALI*
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Wheaton College (Massachusetts)[email protected]
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Abstract

The disparity of human intellects dictum imposes an a priori limit of thinking and imagining that partially precludes the emergence of democratic thought in the Iranian commonsense. This paper presents three exemplary accounts of the disparity dictum in Perso-Islamicate philosophical and mystical traditions – by Ghazzali, Sadra and Molavi. The goal is to see how, despite varying verbalism, these thinkers share the view that human beings are not ultimately unified – and, accordingly, that humans cannot have equal rights to political power.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , April 2017 , pp. 225 - 254
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 2017 

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