Comparison of the position of philosophy of history in Safavid Iran and medieval Europe

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PARVIN NADER; Parvaneh Farhad

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Journal: RESEARCH IN HISTORY EDUCATION Year:2020 | Volume:1 | Issue:2 Page(s): 113-148

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Comparison of the position of philosophy of history in Safavid Iran and medieval Europe

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Philosophy of History

Medieval

Historiography

Shiite Theology

Christian Theology

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Philosophy of science, which is very close to epistemology, is a kind of compound or limited epistemology that studies science with an external view and studies the knowledge and analysis of various theories that are used in science. In other words, the Philosophy of History is the same as the critical Philosophy of History. The present article uses descriptive, analytical and comparative methods to compare the position of Philosophy of History in the view of historians of Safavid Iran and Medieval Europe. It seems that the view of Iranian and European historians in the period under discussion has been similar in terms of focusing on the linearization of the beginning and end of history, determinism, elitism, fatalism and theological thinking. However, it should be said that the above cases were different in both currents in terms of intensity, weakness and examples. In addition, the position of history in the views of Safavid historians may have been superior to Medieval Europe in some respects; First, Safavid Historiography focused on Shiite Theology, which was not only religious and rational, but also emphasized the legitimate use of theistic pleasures in this world, along with the emphasis on the mortality of the material world, while the focus of the Medieval European historians was Catholic theology, which essentially emphasized pessimism about the material world. Second, in Safavid Historiography, the Iranian man has a distinct identity, while the middle European historian portrays a confused face of a Western man suffering from an identity crisis. Third, unlike Medieval European historians, some Safavid historians, including Abdi Beg Shirazi and Iskandar Beg, have offered more plausible explanations of the historical events, taking into account some social and economic issues. Fourth, Safavid Historiography is quantitatively (from extensiveness and diversity aspects) superior to Medieval Europe.

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PARVIN, NADER, & Parvaneh, Farhad. (2020). Comparison of the position of philosophy of history in Safavid Iran and medieval Europe. RESEARCH IN HISTORY EDUCATION, 1(2 ), 113-148. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/372707/en

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PARVIN NADER, Parvaneh Farhad. Comparison of the position of philosophy of history in Safavid Iran and medieval Europe. RESEARCH IN HISTORY EDUCATION[Internet]. 2020;1(2 ):113-148. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/372707/en

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NADER PARVIN, and Farhad Parvaneh, “Comparison of the position of philosophy of history in Safavid Iran and medieval Europe,” RESEARCH IN HISTORY EDUCATION, vol. 1, no. 2 , pp. 113–148, 2020, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/372707/en

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