The Iranian Islamic State and the Present : Exploring the front line of the conflict of civilizations

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Many aspects of the unique Islamic system specific to Iran, created after the Iranian revolution under Khomeini's guide, stand in opposition to the values of Western modernism. One of the facets of the Shi'ah doctrine that Khomeini has relied on and developed can be traced back to the "philosopher king" described by the Greek philosopher Plato. As one of the values of the medieval West, this concept of the Plato's philosopher king lies behind the antagonism of medieval and the modern West, also behind the conflicts between the totalitarianism and liberalism in modern Western world, furthermore recent years' domestic division in Iran.This deep division, however, indicates to us and makes us aware of the pitfalls lurking in the shadows of liberalism and capitalism which have been triumphant in the modern West, particularly folllowing the end of the cold war.One example can be seen in a comparison of the reasoning presented by Khomeini and the Shi'ah which has a function of controlling human's desires (materialistic desire; i.e., greed and lust for power), while the reasoning of the modern West, which takes on the characterestics of a method or tool for fulfilling human desires; in fact, this reasoning underlies many modern sciences.Some aspects of today's capitalistic economy exist by constantly stimulating human's desires (for example, technological innovations and advertising that stimulate desire to encourage consumption), and as such, this capitalistic economy has exhibited a tendency of late to rush in the direction of strengthening these characteristics as just such a method or tool.

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    1573950402022375808
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    110006603068
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