Journal of University Studies

Journal of University Studies

The theory of the rule of law in Iran and the rhetorical revival of political philosophy: a reflection on Javad Tabatabai's attempt to objectify the new academic political science in Iran.

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Abstract
New political science has a close relationship with liberal democratic values ​​contained in the common sense of new western societies. In other words, the objectivity of the new political science depends on the fact that the values ​​of political renewal have already established a strong place for themselves in the center of common sense of a political society, because according to Aristotle, the "face" of the new political science can only be seen through the values ​​of renewal. It is political that can make the new political science have objectivity as its "material". Paying attention to this point can also explain the lack of subject matter of political science in Iran; A situation that is mainly referred to as the inapplicability of political science in Iran.In this article, with regard to this preliminary statement, we try to briefly show that the placelessness of political renewal values ​​in How did the center of Iranian common sense cause political science to remain irrelevant? And then in detail, we will focus on Javad Tabatabai's efforts to overcome this problem.Our argument is that Javad Tabatabai, in writing the history of political thought in contemporary Iran, especially in his book on the theory of the rule of law in Iran, and finally in his latest work entitled Nation, State of the Rule of Law (inquiry into the statement of text and tradition), somehow Aware and aware of the importance of this issue, in addition to trying to convey "introduction" about this history to his audience, he has undertaken a more important task: Objectification to new political science through a rhetorical strategy to defend the values ​​of political renewal in the field of common sense of Iranian society. Tabatabai's rhetorical strategy is to revive the debate between the ancients and the moderns. For this, he should simultaneously break the alliance of "ideologists" with the bearers of ancient values ​​contained in the hard theological-political core and try to rely on a rhetorical device that reminds of the efforts of modernists such as Mirzayousef Khan Mushaldar al-Dawlah.
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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 04 March 2025

  • Receive Date 12 January 2025
  • Revise Date 24 February 2025
  • Accept Date 05 December 2023