Civilizational Analysis and Formulation of the Problem of "Order" in the Islamic World

Document Type : Research Paper

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PhD in International Relations, Member of the Research Faculty of Islamic Sciences and Culture, Qom, Iran

Abstract

The Islamic world has been a companion of "chaos" in the last two centuries. Insecurity, disorder and constant crisis are the main symptoms of chaos in the Islamic world. The focus of the research is on the category of order in the Islamic world. The research deals with the question that if we evaluate the order in the scope of a specific geographical region - such as West Asia or a wider scope such as the Islamic world - using the level of civilization analysis, what formulation of "order" dose it provide? (question) It seems that the level of civilizational analysis in international politics presents a new plan in the division of world regions and passes it through the double level of global analysis and the level of regional analysis. Therefore, it explains the campaigns within the international system based on presenting a new formulation of the order, the rules of its formation and the effective sources in its formation (hypothesis). Therefore, it explains the campaigns within the international system based on presenting a new formulation of the order, the rules of its formation and the effective sources in its formation. The level of civilizational analysis analyzes the order in the Islamic world according to the emergence of different forms of Islamic civilizations (or civilizational currents) within the Islamic world and behavioral dynamics (convergent/divergent) based on the hierarchical division of civilization. It explains in the Islamic world (Findings).

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