تمايز جوهري مردم‌سالاري ديني و غيرديني با تاكيد بر تجربه مردم‌سالاري در ايران اسلامي و غرب

Intrinsic Distinction of Religious and non-Religious Democracies with an Emphasis on Experiences of Democracy in Islamic Iran and West

برخلاف برداشت رايج، مردم‌سالاري ديني هيچ وجه اشتراك معنوي با مردم‌سالاري غير ديني (غربي) ندارد؛ زيرا جوهره مردم‌سالاري ديني وحدت‌گراست و مردم‌سالاري غيرديني بر تكثرگرايي استوار است. چنان‌كه تجربه عيني مردم‌سالاري غربي بر اصالت تكثر شكل گرفته است. از اين رو، جنگ و منازعه در تجربه غربي مردم‌سالاري امر طبيعي تلقي شده است. ليكن، كثرت در مردم‌سالاري اسلامي اصالت ندارد؛ زيرا فرد و جامعه هر دو غايت متعالي مشتركي دارند. از اين‌رو، مردم‌سالاري ديني، حقيقتي وحدت‌گرا دارد. تجربه مردم‌سالاري ديني وحدت‌گرا با وقوع انقلاب اسلامي و تاسيس جمهوري اسلامي در ايران ممكن گرديد.

Unlike common impressions, religious democracy does not share a common meaning with non-religious (western) democracy due to the fact that the essence of religious democracy seeks unity while non-religious democracies are based on plurality. An objective example of western democracy is built upon the principle of plurality. Therefore disputes and fights have been considered as a natural phenomenon in a western experience of democracy. However, plurality is not pivotal in an Islamic democracy because the individual and the society have a transcendental common cause. Therefore a religious democracy has a unity-seeking reality. The experience of a unity-seeking religious democracy made possible by the victory of Islamic revolution and establishment of Islamic Republic of Iran.