The Study of the political thought of the Islamic Science Academy's members

After the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the environment was provided for the critiquing of modernity, and different individuals and groups started to offer critiques against it. Among several groups, “The Islamic Science Academy of Qom” has tried to preserve the pillars of the Islamic civilization against modernity with a civilization-building approach. The focus of this research is on the political thought of the Islamic Science Academy. In this research the Communitarianism methodology has been applied. In this respect, the otherness of the Farhangestan with modernity, and the Farhangestan’s criticisms on Islamic philosophy will be explained. In addition, the philosophic doctrines of the Farhangestan (the Islamic philosophy of Becoming) will be introduced. Finally the influence of the abovementioned on the political ideas of the Farhangestan will be discussed.