The Foundation of Affection in the Anthropological Theory of Allamah Tabatabai and its Social Implications

Among the significant challenges facing social sciences seriously is the resting of these sciences on a series of foundations not only far from divine thought, but contrasting it in certain cases. The very point gives rise to these sciences solving social problems in a non-divine paradigm. Among the different fields of foundations, anthropological foundations of a school depicting character of human being, are of a significant position. Taking this type of foundations into account can change the course of a discipline completely. The late Allamah Tabatabai is among the thinkers presenting novel theories in this field laying special emphasis on the foundation of affection. The present article is an attempt to articulate and analyze the foundation of affection in the existential system of human being as one of the anthropological foundations in a descriptive analytical method, studying some social implications of this foundation in the field of social problems. Among these implications, we can refer to that of "passing beyond personal interest", in the light of affection-oriented movement, expansion of essence and the materialization of I including the group, going beyond employing others, and moving towards guardianship (Wilayah) system.