A Critique of the Western Technology and Culture from the Viewpoint of Shahid Mutahhari

Undoubtedly, the West has been a serious and fundamental issue for Shahid Mutahhari and nowadays there can hardly be found a field in the society which is not affected by the intellectual, philosophical tenets and the products of the culture and civilization of the West. The preset article seeks to investigate and identify the problems and failures of the West and presenting a solution to the western society to get out of this dilemma from the viewpoint of Shahid Mutahhari. The methodology of Shahid Mutahhari towards criticizing the western culture and civilization is a realistic and religious attitude to the descriptive-analytical method. The finding from the speeches and writings of Professor Mutahhari regarding western culture are explained in four categories including investigating the history of the modern West, the domination of spiritual crisis on the contemporary West, the outcomes of the sovereignty of western culture and civilization and the strategies of the confrontation of the Islamic community with the West. In the end, Professor Mutahhari concludes that although the West has had significant developments in the field of technology, it has not had any progress in the realm of humanity and high human values.