Suggested topics
Note: scholars and researchers can also submit articles on different issues, though the suggested disciplines are priorities set by the congressional committees.
Fields suggested by the Commission are “the philosophy and methodology of Islamic humanities”
Part I: Overview
Concepts and Definitions (theories, assumptions, axioms, principles, science, humanities and philosophy of the humanities)
Theorization of philosophies in humanities
Part II: Philosophy of Conventional Humanities
A critical study of the definition and nature of conventional humanities
Critical review of principles, objectives and functions of conventional humanities
Critical examination of fundamental issues in conventional Humanities
Critical review and classification of conventional humanities and associated area
A Critical Study of umanities conventional method
Part III: Philosophy of Islamic Humanities
The definition and nature of the Islamic humanities
Ontological Principles (principles of theological, cosmological and anthropological disciplines) Islamic Humanities
Epistemological foundations of Islamic Humanities
Values and principles of Islamic Humanities
Islamic humanities
Fundamental issues of Islamic Humanities
The purpose and functions of the Islamic Humanities (interpretation, change, etc.)
Scope and classification of Islamic Humanities
Part IV: The methodology of Islamic humanities
Part V: Philosophy of Islamic humanities in various fields of sciences
Islamic economic philosophy (purpose, functions, problems, etc.)
Islamic philosophy, sociology (purpose, functions, problems, etc.)
Islamic philosophy, psychology (goal, functions, problems, etc.)
Islamic philosophy, political science (objectives, functions, problems, etc.)
Philosophy of Islamic history (objectives, functions, problems, etc.)
Philosophy of Islamic Education (purpose, functions, problems, etc.)
Islamic management philosophy (purpose, functions, problems, etc.)
Philosophy of Islamic Law (purpose, functions, problems, etc.)
The commission suggests “Evolution/change Management in Humanities””
Philosophical and epistemological foundations of Islamic Humanities
Humanities and provision of the theoretical foundations and assumptions pertinent to evolution theory
The point of departure, the road map and tracing to achieve strategic transformation of Humanities
Epistemology systems, systematic creative thinking and creative role in formulating the strategic development of the humanities
Challenges and obstacles facing the development and application of Humanities with an emphasis on environmental pathologies
Scientific and practical solutions in the theorization process and production of religious thought aiming to make a fundamental change within the Humanities
Offering Humanities model along with change strategy apt in the context of the Islamic republic of Iran.
The commission suggests “Islamic economics”
Principles of Islamic Economics1.
Philosophical (ontological, epistemological and anthropological) Islamic economy1. 1.
. Basics of Islamic values (jurisprudence (derived from Fiqh) and ethical) Islamic economy1. 2
- Methodologies of Islamic economics
Theories and assumptions in Islamic economics
. Consumption in the theory of Islamic economics3. 1
. Production in the theory of Islamic economics3. 2
3-3 Market in Islamic economics (market goods and services, labor market, Islamic, Islamic capital market, cash market /Islamic Banking and foreign trade).
4.3 Governments in the Islamic economic theory
5.3 Progress in the theory of Islamic economics
- The Islamic economic applicable patterns
. Pattern of early Islam4.1
- 2. Pattern unique to the Islamic Republic of Iran
- 3. Patterns of other Islamic countries
- Culture and economy-
- Economics and Justice
- Knowledge-based economy
- Economics and Law
- Economics and Politics
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Special focus of the Fourth Congress:
- Islamic Economics, economy resilient Economy / Resistive economy and lifestyle issue
11 Pathology of the systematic Islamic banking without usury in Iran.
The commission suggests “Islamic education”
- Theoretical discussions of Islamic education
1 The philosophical foundations of Islamic education
Epistemological foundations of Islamic education
Ontological Constituent parts
Theological foundations
Basics of eschatology
Anthropological Foundations
Foundations of cognitive value (moral and aesthetic Islamic education)
2 Principles of legal jurisprudence Islamic education
3 Methodological principles of research in Islamic education
- Principles of social, political and governmental Islamic education
5 Historical Foundations of Islamic education
6 Economic fundamentals of Islamic education
7 Principles of necessity to investigate the possibility of knowledge and Islamic education
- Interconnection of Islamic education and religious knowledge
Theological foundations
Basics of eschatology
Anthropological Foundations
Foundations of cognitive value (moral and aesthetic Islamic education)
- Principles of Islamic jurisprudence and Islamic education
- Methodological principles of research in Islamic education
- Principles of social, political and governmental Islamic education
- Historical Foundations of Islamic education
- Economic fundamentals of Islamic education
- Principles of necessity to investigate the possibility of knowledge and Islamic education
- Interconnection of Islamic education and religious knowledge
. 9- Interconnection of Islamic education with other humanities
Interconnection of Islamic education in psychology
- Sociology of Islamic education
- Interconnection of Islamic education and Political science
- Interconnection of Islamic education and Education
. 10-Sphere of Islamic education
Mystical realm of education
Realm of rational education
The field of political education
Realm of social education
Realm of artistic education
Realm of moral education
Presence of religious education
The field of vocational training
Realm of sex education
The field of physical education
Presence of effective education
- Practical issues of Islamic education
- Globalization and Islamic education
- Human Rights and Islamic education
- Islamic Awakening and Islamic education
- Takfiri thought and Islamic education
- Messianism, waiting and Islamic education
Islamic education methods
- Procedures, factors and barriers within Islamic education
- ICT and Islamic education
- In culture and Islamic education
- Education and Islamic education
- Media and Islamic education
- Mosque and Islamic education
- Family and Islamic education
The commission suggests “Islamic sociology and communications.”
Islamic sociology
- A) Islamic Research Methods in the Social Sciences (in this section, the papers can also be provided in the format of reconciliation).
Islamic principles of social ontology
Islamic principles of social epistemology
Methodology of Islamic Social Sciences
Research methods in the social sciences, Islamic (sociology).
- B) Theories in the social sciences, Islamic (sociology)
Social theorization carried out in the history of Islamic thought
Contemporary theories presented by Muslim scholars
Theorizations occurred after the Islamic Revolution
Schools in social sciences (sociology) Islamic
Comparative study of schools in the social sciences (sociology) Islam
- C) Theorization issues in the social sciences (sociology) Islamic
- D) Methodological issues in the social sciences (sociology) Islamic
- E) Specific social issues in Muslim societies
Issues of social pathologies (drug addiction, divorce, poverty, prostitution, pornography, etc.
Analysis of factors of formation and prevention and treatment based on Islamic Thought
The strengths and weaknesses of the Islamic social life in the contemporary world
Issues derived from current globalization in Muslim societies
Globalization of Islamic sociology
Islamic sociology stance against modernism and postmodernism
- F) Special Topics
Society and economy
Society and rights
Society and Politics
Community and personal and psychological issues
Social and cultural issues
Science and society
Sociology of knowledge
Social relations:
Islamic Community Foundations
Development of model Islamic Relations: Challenges and Opportunities
The establishment of Islamic social networks
The establishment of Islamic social networks
Highlighting the ethical values in mass media and new technologies of communication and information
Strategies to reduce inequality flow of information between the West and the Muslim world
How to become a social problem in war or cultural invasion of Muslim countries (with emphasis on Iran) Investigation of the problematic areas encompassing mass media issues in Muslim countries (with an emphasis on Iran)
Islamization of communications (journalism, public relations, communication research, etc.).
Modernizing the pulpit as an Islamic Media
The role of the mass media and new technologies in Islamic social movements (with emphasis on Islamic awakening)
How to institutionalize norms and Islamic spirituality using the media
The relationship between mass media and social-cultural system in Islamic countries
The commission suggests “Islamic psychology“
The first section goes over, the nature and prospects of Islamic psychology:
Necessity of Islamic psychology
Objectives of Islamic psychology
Islamic psychology
Territory Islamic psychology
Islamic psychology in the epistemic geometry of Islam (Islamic psychology relationship with other Islamic sciences such as jurisprudence, interpretation, philosophy, theology, ethics, mysticism, etc.)
- Differences and similarities of Islamic psychology with contemporary psychology
- Current and desired status of Islamic psychology
- And…
The second section – Basics of Islamic psychology paradigm and its impact on psychological theory:
- Ontological
- Anthropological Foundations
- Epistemological
- Foundations of cognitive value
- And…
The third section – the Islamic methodology in psychology and psychometrics:
Assessment methods common in contemporary psychology
- Positions and empirical methods in the field of Islamic psychology
- Tests within Islamic Psychology (Basics, manufacturing process, scope, and the introduction of measures available)
- Developing theoretical frameworks and application of Ijtihad () in Islamic psychology
- The scope and methods of psychological introspection (introspection methods in philosophical, mystical, and…)
- Place the realm of rational methods in Islamic psychology
Fourth -theorizing based on Islamic psychology
:• Family
- Character
- Life style
- Motivation and excitement
Learning
- Growth
- Social Psychology
- Counseling and treatment
- And….
The fifth section – Islamic psychology applications:
- Government
- Judicial institutions
- Urban Management
- Education
- Military and police forces
- Family
Healthcare
- Media
- And…
Sixth-based meta-analysis of studies related to Islamic psychology (last, contemporary period):
- In Iran
- In other countries
The commission suggests “Islamic Political Science”
- A) Islamic philosophy, political science
What is the components and indicators Islamic political science?
Ijtihad methodology and its application in Islamic political knowledge,
Methodology of Islamic political knowledge,
Man’s freedom and its reflection in the Islamic political science;
Critical examination of Islamic political concepts common in the Islamic Republic of Iran…
- B) Knowledge of Islamic political theory
Critical review of theories in the field of political science in the Islamic Republic of Iran;
Critical examination of theories of legitimacy of the guardianship system;
Efficiency theory and criticism of rival theories to explain the Islamic political thought;
Religious democracy theory in the thoughts of Imam Khomeini and the Supreme Leader;
Theory of legitimacy in Islamic thought;
Security theory in Islamic jurisprudence;
Power Theory in Islamic thought;
Islamic idealist realism theory in international relations;
Analysis of idealism and realism in Islamic political thought.
- C) Issues of Islamic Political Science
Islamic political structure pattern;
Analyzing the behavior of Iran’s foreign policy and its relation to current theories in international relations;
Analyzing the behavior of Iran in the field of security and its relation to current theories in the field of security;
Political structure pattern in Muslim countries based on Islamic thought.
- D) Political knowledge of Islam and the Islamic Republic of Iran
The Islamic governing (Velayee) and the hegemonic system, approaches and scenario analysis;
Pathology and present an alternative electoral system in the Islamic Republic of Iran;
Investigating the theories with the aim of analyzing the effectiveness of the Islamic Republic of Iran through offering an alternative theory.
The commission suggests “Islamic jurisprudence”
The main categories:
Philosophy, Jurisprudence (with emphasis on the problems of the contemporary world)
2 Philosophy of Law (with emphasis on the problems of the contemporary world)
3 The methodology of jurisprudence and law
4 Jurisprudence and Ethics5) Jurisprudence and Future Studies
6 Identifying the existing currents in Islamic jurisprudence
7 Identifying the existing currents with respect to the law
8 Jurisprudence and Takfiri currents
9 Jurisprudence, law and justice –Law and jurisprudence issues:
1 Jurisprudence and law in cyberspace and in cyberspace
2) Jurisprudence and law of nuclear knowledge
3-) jurisprudence and openness
4 Biotechnology Law and Jurisprudence
5 Environmental Law and Jurisprudence
6Jurisprudence, law and economics of resistance
7Jurisprudence, law and knowledge-based economy
8 State and family
9 Law and Jurisprudence Science and Technology
10 Jurisprudence and criminal policy
11 jurisprudence and public liberties
The commission suggests “Islamic administration”
- Fundamental principles and production methods of management
1 Management research methods in Islamic sources
2 Methods to extract management patterns from Islamic sources
3 Principles of empirical research methods suitable for field research in Islamic society.
- B) The Islamic administration in the domestic arena
1) Interaction between Islamic-Iranian model of progress, Islamic Jihad and resistance economy management
2 Management and implementation (templates, applications, results)
3 Modeling and theorizing derived from the experiences of Islamic leaders
4 The semantic Islamic administration in the interior (pathology, investigation of the causes, prioritization)
- C) Islamic management in the global arena with an emphasis on the Islamic world
1 A new Islamic civilization and Islamic Management (range, necessitates and interactions)
2 Managing the implementation and practice of Islam in the world (patterns, applications, results)
3) Requirements and the necessities pertinent to the Islamic world-class management
4 Semantic Islamic administration in the world (pathology, investigation of causes, modeling)
The commission suggests “Islamic art and architecture“
1 Compared Islam with human processes (processes of knowledge);
2The implementation of the concept (aesthetics) from an Islamic perspective;
3 The implementation of the concept (Philosophy and Philosophy of Art) from an Islamic perspective;
4 A comparative study on the concept (imagination and creativity) from an Islamic perspective;
5 A comparative study on the concept (idea about the phenomenon and contacts) from an Islamic perspective;
6 A comparative study on the concept of (human relationship with the natural environment) from an Islamic perspective;
7 A comparative study of the concept (the connection between artist and audience Sociology of Art) from an Islamic perspective;
8 A comparative study on the concept of (human relation with space and the built environment to architecture and urban) Islamic Architecture
9 A comparative study on the concept of (human cognitive interaction with the ideas of space and geometry in architecture), from an Islamic perspective;
10 -A comparative study on the concept of (interaction with an array of human perception and symbols) from an Islamic perspective;
11 comparative survey of the most important features of the strategy (concept) and solutions (action) in Architecture and Urbanism
Between different civilizations with the Islamic era;
12Pathology of the existing architecture and Urbanism in Muslim countries and the solutions;
13 Islamic Architecture and Urbanism along with road maps aiming to realizing Muslims modern civilization
14 A Comparative Study of positive and negative experiences of Muslim countries in the field of architecture and Urbanism
15 The method in the debate between science and art, including architecture and urban planning from an Islamic perspective;
16 Law, Jurisprudence and Islamic ethics in architecture and Urbanism