Political Philosophy of Al Farabi and the Logic of the Integration and Solidarity in Context of Idealism

Year 2019, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 122 - 139, 01.10.2019

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Abstract

Today’s political philosophy has been dominated by the Westerners. Hence,
analyzing of international system has been univocally restricted by the
classical approaches and explanations such as human nature or rivalry of
material forces. But, Eastern philosopher like Ibn Haldun as a realist thinker
and Al Farabi who may called as an idealist have different approaches to the
same theories.  This essay include a
meta-analysis of Al-Farabi’s ideas to fill the vacuum in the idealistic
philosophy which is criticized by absence of Eastern world.

Either Idealism of the Al Farabi based on the community of the states like
in classical theories also, but it’s not aimed to achievement of the material
interest only. Instead, Al Farabi accept the integration and solidarity for the
achievement of ontological perfection. According to Farabi, this perfection
will serve to the ideal integration through the evolution of perfectness from
inside to the outside. By this way, ideas of Al Farabi is contribute to not
only to diversity of idealist political philosophy but also expansion and
profoundness of idealism.

Keywords

Al Farabi, idealism, ideal state

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