Document Type : Research Article (Political Thought)

Authors

• Alireza Mahdavian ¹
• Farshad Shariat ²
• Seyyed Mojtaba Azizi ³
• Omid Shafiei Ghahfarokhy ⁴

¹ PhD Student, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Political Sciences, Imam Sadiq University, Imam Sadegh University, Tehran, Iran

² Professor of the Faculty of Islamic Studies and Political Sciences of Imam Sadiq University (A.S.)

³ Assistant Professor, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Political Sciences, Imam Sadiq University (A.S.)

⁴ Assistant Professor of Political Science, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Abstract

This article intends to study and reinterpret the concept of freedom, focusing on the Amir al-Mu'minin Ali ^(PBUH) ruling era. The main question of the research is whether it is possible to achieve a concept beyond Western nationalist freedom in the Alawi discourse. This research faces two variables in its analysis. The independent variable is the Alawi government, which needs to be reinterpreted with a historical explanation in drawing practical policy during the Alawi government. The dependent variable is the concept of freedom in a general sense, which has been emphasized in the meaning of freedom according to the Companions of the Contract (Hobbes and Locke). The assumption of the article is a discursive look at the concept of freedom and aims a modern reinterpretation of the practical policy of Imam Ali ^(PBUH), that is, a policy based on the social contract of obedience and security, to achieve an alternative meaning of freedom for a blissful life. The research findings show that freedom in the Alawi discourse, unlike the modern Western discourse, has an internationalist and universal meaning manifested in the field of action and practice in addition to thought and opinion. The research method is analytical-historical.

Keywords

• Freedom
• Imam Ali
• Social Contract
• Security
• Political Order