Debates Between Ibn Sina and Anthony Giddens on the Scheme of A Family Pattern

Autor: Yahya Buzarinejad, Abolfazl Eqbali
Jazyk: perština
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: حکمت سینوی, Vol 23, Iss 62, Pp 73-91 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2538-5275
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DOI: 10.30497/ap.2019.74900
Popis: What factors are considered in a proper scheme of a family pattern and how to boost their effects in a society are serious questions raised in Greek and Islamic practical reasoning as well as modern sociology. The first step in providing a proper family pattern is to review the theoretical ideas in mainstream sociology. One of the leading Muslim philosophers dealing with the issue of family studies and household management is Ibn Sina. In Western Philosophy, on the other hand, Anthony Giddens, a contemporary sociologist, has extensively discussed the issue of family structure. Thus, the present inquiry aims to compare the two scholars' views on a proper family structure and reveal their differences in the theoretical basis and fundamental factors. Carrying out careful analysis and evaluation of the existing literature, first, we study the three aspects of family types, family social functions and the role of relations according to Ibn Sina's views and then study Giddens's ideas about the issue in the light of his theory of democratic family and the pure relationship. Marriage and divorce, development of gender power system, the role of gender relations, and the norms of giving birth to babies are some of the issues of debate between Ibn Sina and Giddens. In other words, Ibn Sina forms a traditional social structure of the family in which gender relations are developed on the traditional structure of gender inequality legitimated at the time, while Giddens promoted an agenda of gender equality and democracy in families based on modern approaches that avoid the traditional patterns.
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