The Relationship between Anthropology and Security in Political Philosophy

"Anthropology" is one of the issues of theoretical philosophy and "security" is of one of the questions of practical philosophy. The different view about man presented in the different periods of the history of political philosophy has led to adopting different approaches to security. Holding a holistic view of man, classical political philosophy discusses security by considering the various aspects of political philosophy. As for the detailed view of modern philosophy it reduces security to self-preservation. The comprehensive view about man in Islamic political philosophy, however introduces a wider concept of security which includes the various aspects of man's life in this world and the hereafter. Accordingly, security is viewed as an ultimate value by some schools of political philosophy and as an instrumental value by some other schools. All schools of thought, however, look at security as having a critical value.