بررسي نظريه ليمن درباره فلسفه سياسي اسلامي

A Review of Oliver Leamanʹʹs view of Islamic Political Philosophy

اين مقاله نخستين نوشتاري است كه به بررسي نظريه اليور ليمن درباره فلسفه سياسي اسلامي مي‌پردازد. دغدغه اصلي ليمن، نقد تفاسير و رهيافت‌هاي موجود درباره مطالعه فلسفه سياسي اسلامي است. وي فلسفه سياسي اسلامي را متاثر از مكتب نوافلاطوني و نوارسطويي مي‌داند. بر اين اساس، صفت «اسلامي» در اين فلسفه را نه به معناي محتوايي، بلكه به معناي تمدني مي‌پذيرد. اما نظريه ليمن در هر دو وجه انتقادي و ايجابي ناموفق است. وي در وجه انتقادي، برداشت درستي از تفاسير و رهيافت‌هاي موجود ندارد و در وجه ايجابي نيز به فهم مناسبي از رابطه ميان وحي و عقل يا دين و فلسفه دست نيافته است.

The present paper which is the first of its kind investigtes Oliver Leamanʹs view of Islamic political philosophy. Leamanʹs main concern is to criticize the existing interpretations of and approaches to the study of Islamic political philosophy. He believes that Islamic political philosophy is influenced by neo-platonic and neo- Aristotelian school. Accordingly, he accepts the idea of applying the term "Islamic" to this kind of philosophy in the civilizational meaning, not in the content meaning. However, his view of criticism and affirmation is unsound. Regarding criticism, he does not have an accurate perception of the existing interpretations and approaches. With regard to affirmation, he does not have a proper understanding of the relationship between revelation and intellect or religion and philosophy.