Traditional Secularism v. Modern Secularism A Word on the Nature of Fiqh and the Related Constitutional System

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Critical Research on Religion Pub Date : 2022-12-26 DOI:10.1177/20503032221148469

M. Rasekh

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Abstract

This research attempts to put forward an argument against the claim that the current legal/political system of Iran is undergoing a re-secularization process. It is argued, by focusing on concepts of the secular and the sacred/religious, that the system was never de-secularized by the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The reason derives from the facts that the main allegedly religious content of the new system is per se a secular entity, and that the existing constitutional structure is overwhelmingly secular. The content overwhelmingly originates in fiqh which is argued to be a secular entity, i.e., an amoral one, as it accommodates immorality. It is then claimed that what occurred by the Revolution was indeed the triumph of a traditional secularism over an exogenous modern secular establishment. Therefore, since the early months of the new regime a process of re-modernization, an endogenous one, has gradually taken form.

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传统世俗主义与现代世俗主义——兼论斐济的性质及其宪政制度

这项研究试图提出一个论点，反对伊朗目前的法律/政治制度正在经历一个重新世俗化的过程。有人认为，通过关注世俗和神圣/宗教的概念，该体系从未因1979年的伊斯兰革命而去世俗化。原因是，新制度的主要宗教内容本身就是一个世俗实体，而现有的宪法结构绝大多数是世俗的。绝大多数内容都源于fiqh，它被认为是一个世俗的实体，即一个不道德的实体，因为它容纳了不道德。然后有人声称，革命所发生的事情确实是传统世俗主义对外来现代世俗体制的胜利。因此，自新政权成立的最初几个月以来，一个内生的重新现代化进程逐渐形成。

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期刊介绍： Critical Research on Religion is a peer-reviewed, international journal focusing on the development of a critical theoretical framework and its application to research on religion. It provides a common venue for those engaging in critical analysis in theology and religious studies, as well as for those who critically study religion in the other social sciences and humanities such as philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, and literature. A critical approach examines religious phenomena according to both their positive and negative impacts. It draws on methods including but not restricted to the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, Marxism, post-structuralism, feminism, psychoanalysis, ideological criticism, post-colonialism, ecocriticism, and queer studies. The journal seeks to enhance an understanding of how religious institutions and religious thought may simultaneously serve as a source of domination and progressive social change. It attempts to understand the role of religion within social and political conflicts. These conflicts are often based on differences of race, class, ethnicity, region, gender, and sexual orientation – all of which are shaped by social, political, and economic inequity. The journal encourages submissions of theoretically guided articles on current issues as well as those with historical interest using a wide range of methodologies including qualitative, quantitative, and archival. It publishes articles, review essays, book reviews, thematic issues, symposia, and interviews.