Mohsen Kadivar

Journal article Philosophy and Social Criticism · May 1, 2020 Inefficiency or inadequateness of Western liberal democracy at home is not the problematic of the rest because they have not experienced it yet! ‘Minimal democracy’ is the problematic of the residents of authoritarian countries. Most of Muslim majority cou ... Full text Cite

Ijtihad in Usul al-Fiqh: Reforming Islamic Thought through Structural Ijtihad

Journal article Iran Nameh · November 2015 Ijtihad, or independent reasoning, has been the first cause of the dynamism of Islam from within for several centuries, and it has worked well. According to this method, Muslim scholars—mostly jurists (fuqaha)—referred to the Qur’an and the tradition of th ... Link to item Cite

La naissance du «souverain juriste». Généalogie de la théorie de l’État shi’ite

Journal article Les Temps Modernes · June 2015 The Birth of Guardianship Jurist: The Genealogy of Shi’ite Theory of Governance ... Cite

The birth of the "Sovereign Jurist". Genealogical theory of the Shi'ite state

Journal article Temps Modernes · April 1, 2015 Cite

From traditional Islam to Islam as an end in itself

Journal article Welt Des Islams · December 1, 2011 Full text Cite

Avicenna & The classification of Philosophy

Journal article The Journal of Sapiential Wisdom and Philosophy (SOPHIA PERENNIS) · February 2009 Analytical introduction and critical edition of Avicenna's treatise called "Risalat-o Aqsam-e al-Hikmat/ Aqsamo al-Ulume al-‘Aqlieh” (The Divisions of Philosophies), Sophia Perennis (Javidan Kherad) ... Link to item Cite

The Forgotten Interpretation

Journal article Madrese (Quarterly) · May 2006 Re-Construction of Theory of Virtuous Scholars, First Approach to Shi’ite Islam on Divine Guide ... Cite

Political Innovative Ideas and Influences of Mulla Muhammad Kazim Khorasani

Journal article Annals of Japan Association for Middle East Studies (AJAMES) · September 2005 Mullā Muhammad Kāzim Khurāsānī (1839-1911) has proposed a number of new and innovative opinions and initiatives on principles of jurisprudence. In this article, the most important innovations and modern political opinions are introduced and critically anal ... Link to item Cite

Mohsen Kadivar

Scholarly Works - Journal articles

Democracy and ethical values from Islamic perspective