مفهوم فرافكني در انديشه هاي مولوي

The Concept of "Projection" in Molaviʹs Thoughts

There are few thinkers in the Iranian culture who, like Molavi, have paid attention to the psychological aspects of human behaviour. In different works of Molavi -- prose as well as poetry especially in Masnavi Maʹanavi-- one can observe profound psychological analysis and even some new concepts of this discipline, like "self-deception", rationalization (= justification), and conflicts among different segments of personality. His profound insight in studying and analysing complexities and conflicts of human-beingʹs soul and his endeavor to penetrate deep into hidden parts and labrynthes of human personality signifies the outstanding geniousness of this great thinker. Hence, it is no exaggeration to call Molavi one of the pioneers of psycho-analysis in the general sense of the word. In this article, the reflection of one of the new conceptions of psychology, "projection" in the works of Molana, especially in his symbolic assimilations (analogies) is being traced. It is shown that his attitude toward the mentioned concept is not basically different from that of modern psychologists. It is noteworthy that Molaviʹs keen insight has not ignored the problem of unconciousness of projection, a phenomenon much emphasized in modern psychology.