Islamizing Humanities Requires Efficient Management
Some of the main obstacles to the process of Islamizing the humanities include the human sciences experts’ lack of trust in the necessity and possibility of the project, lack of a clear perspective of the development, the existence of some extremist ideas about the plan and lack of an efficient and unified management.
Talking to IQNA, Mohammad Fanaee Eshkevari, academic board member of Imam Khomeini (RA) Educational and Research Institute, elaborated on the epistemological principles of human sciences, the role of Islamic philosophy in Islamizing the humanities, and the reasons behind the existing concerns in some universities about the necessity and possibility of implementing the plan.
He said while the idea of Islamizing the humanities began 30 years ago or even before the Islamic Revolution, we are still far away from the ideal stage.
“In a country whose governing system has been established based on the Islamic teachings, we need to modify its human sciences accordingly,’ he went on to say, adding that the desired results would not be achieved in the short run and the development should be carried out with extreme care without any extremist attitude.
Fanaee Eshkevari further noted that some branches of human sciences should be given priority in the developmental plan including the social sciences such as psychology, sociology, politics, law, management, economy and education.
“I believe education is the most significant field that should be given special heed, as it really needs to undergo fundamental developments,” he went on to say, referring to law, political sciences and economy as the next important spheres to consider.
Elaborating on the existing obstacles to the plan he stated: “Unfortunately, a great number of the experts in the field do not yet believe in the necessity and possibility of Islamizing the humanities. Besides, though some may generally approve of the plan, they do not have a clear understanding of it.”
“Another significant hindrance is the spread of some extremist ideas which hold that the existing human sciences are all rooted in western ideologies and should be set aside altogether, giving their place to new branches of science.”
“Lack of an efficient managing system is another impediment to the plan’s progress,” he further asserted, calling for training individuals who are well-acquainted with both Islamic sciences and the new branches of humanities to foster the implementation of the plan in the long run.
Fanaee Eshkevari also referred to some of the pioneers of the idea of Islamizing the humanities including Seyyed Jamal-ed-Din Asadabadi, the Egyptian scholar Seyyed Qutb, the American Muslim thinker Esmaeel Al-Faruqi, the Malaysian Naqib Al-Atas, as well as contemporary scholars like Marty Sadr, Imam Khomeini (RA), Allameh Tabatabaee, and Martyr Motahari who all took effective steps in this regard.
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He said while the idea of Islamizing the humanities began 30 years ago or even before the Islamic Revolution, we are still far away from the ideal stage.
“In a country whose governing system has been established based on the Islamic teachings, we need to modify its human sciences accordingly,’ he went on to say, adding that the desired results would not be achieved in the short run and the development should be carried out with extreme care without any extremist attitude.
Fanaee Eshkevari further noted that some branches of human sciences should be given priority in the developmental plan including the social sciences such as psychology, sociology, politics, law, management, economy and education.
“I believe education is the most significant field that should be given special heed, as it really needs to undergo fundamental developments,” he went on to say, referring to law, political sciences and economy as the next important spheres to consider.
Elaborating on the existing obstacles to the plan he stated: “Unfortunately, a great number of the experts in the field do not yet believe in the necessity and possibility of Islamizing the humanities. Besides, though some may generally approve of the plan, they do not have a clear understanding of it.”
“Another significant hindrance is the spread of some extremist ideas which hold that the existing human sciences are all rooted in western ideologies and should be set aside altogether, giving their place to new branches of science.”
“Lack of an efficient managing system is another impediment to the plan’s progress,” he further asserted, calling for training individuals who are well-acquainted with both Islamic sciences and the new branches of humanities to foster the implementation of the plan in the long run.
Fanaee Eshkevari also referred to some of the pioneers of the idea of Islamizing the humanities including Seyyed Jamal-ed-Din Asadabadi, the Egyptian scholar Seyyed Qutb, the American Muslim thinker Esmaeel Al-Faruqi, the Malaysian Naqib Al-Atas, as well as contemporary scholars like Marty Sadr, Imam Khomeini (RA), Allameh Tabatabaee, and Martyr Motahari who all took effective steps in this regard.
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