A Survey on Examining the Status of Citizenship Rights in Manism and Mazdakism

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Professor, Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 P.hD., Student, Department of Public Law, Alborz Campus, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Manism and Mazdakism are two famous philosophical schools of thoughts in ancient Iran, which apparently have some similar teachings, and both of them were introduced against the states of their era. It is important to identify philosophical schools from various aspects, one of these aspects is the examination of citizenship rights, which provides us with the possibility of more understanding their teachings according to the requirements of today's society. In addition to identifying the various dimensions of the both aforementioned schools, the purpose of the research is to evaluate the teachings in terms of citizenship rights. Based on what mentioned, the main question of the research is to what extent citizenship rights have been identified in the schools of Manism and Mazdakism? To respond more precisely, it is necessary to examine the historical traces, books and study the teachings related to the above schools. First, to identify their philosophical foundations
for this aim, it is necessary to find the answers in both schools through five important philosophical categories, ontology, anthropology, epistemology, methodology, and sociology, respectively, because it leads to an accurate identification and compliance of the both schools of thoughts teachings. Second, is to evaluate the teachings of these schools regarding citizenship rights, based on the philosophical responses of Manism and Mazdakism schools relating to anthropology and sociology. The most prominent approach of the current research carried out with a descriptive-analytical method, is although in the teachings of the Manism school, the ascetic and worldly prevails having led to the denial of some of the basic rights of human beings, but in religous teachings, there are clearly signs to regard civil rights such as equality between men and women. It should be highly mentioned that the denial of these rights was only related to a certain group of people who voluntarily accepted such a lifestyle. In addition to asceticism, with the aim of emerging justice and equality between people, Mazdakism proposes teachings such as the sharing of property and women. As a final result, it should be explicity mentioned that by considering the social contexts in the era of Mani and Mazdak, respect for fundamental rights of human can be seen in these two rituals, but the teachings of sharing property and women's right in the Mazdak school are considered against the rights of citizens.

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  • Receive Date: 24 December 2023
  • Revise Date: 31 December 2023
  • Accept Date: 02 February 2024

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