:: Volume 17, Issue 63 (2021) ::
2021, 17(63): 205-224 Back to browse issues page
A Reflection on the Two Theories of Government and Vilayat, Guardianship, Based on the Framework of Understanding Spragens' Political Theories
Hossein Javan Arasteh * 1, Isma`il Asgari Renani2
1- Associate professor of laws and social fiqh, Research Institute of Hawzeh and University , hoarasteh@gmail.com
2- Phd student of public law, Islamic Azad University, Qom Branch
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In this study, the two theories of Hobbes' Absolute State and the State derived from the theory of Absolute Guardianship of faqih are examined by the framework in which the political theories of Thomas Spriggens are examined and understood and relying on the mutual rights of government and citizens. The findings of the article show that apart from the verbal similarity between the two terms absolute government and absolute sovereignty and the existence of some similarities in the necessity of existence and functions of government, there are serious differences both in principles and meanings and in the characteristics and functions of government. The Hobbesian government does not adhere to principles such as popular sovereignty, the rule of law, oversight, and citizen participation in governance, while reflection on the theory of absolute sovereignty shows that it does not contradict the aforementioned principles. This research has been done in an analytical-descriptive way and using library resources.
Keywords: Absolute State, Absolute Vilayat of Faqih, Spragens, Popular Sovereignty, Rule of Law.
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