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:: Volume 11, Issue 38 (2014) ::
2014, 11(38): 159-168 Back to browse issues page
Intrinsic Distinction of Religious and non-Religious Democracies with an Emphasis on Experiences of Democracy in Islamic Iran and West
Davoud Mahdavizadegan *
, davood@ihcs.ac.ir
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Unlike common impressions, religious democracy does not share a common meaning with non-religious (western) democracy due to the fact that the essence of religious democracy seeks unity while non-religious democracies are based on plurality. An objective example of western democracy is built upon the principle of plurality. Therefore disputes and fights have been considered as a natural phenomenon in a western experience of democracy. However, plurality is not pivotal in an Islamic democracy because the individual and the society have a transcendental common cause. Therefore a religious democracy has a unity-seeking reality. The experience of a unity-seeking religious democracy made possible by the victory of Islamic revolution and establishment of Islamic Republic of Iran.
Keywords: Islam, democracy, liberalism, plurality, unity, individuality.
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Mahdavizadegan D. Intrinsic Distinction of Religious and non-Religious Democracies with an Emphasis on Experiences of Democracy in Islamic Iran and West. Scientific Quarterly Journal of Islamic Revolution Studies 2014; 11 (38) :159-168
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Volume 11, Issue 38 (2014) Back to browse issues page
فصلنامه علمی مطالعات انقلاب اسلامی Journal of Islamic Revolution Studies
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