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

Authors : Fikret BİRDİŞLİ

Pages : 122-139

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Publication Date : 2019-10-01

Article Type : Research Paper

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