Methodology
Seyed Saeid Zahed Zahedani
Abstract
In modern history, Islamic societies are under the subjugation of European nations. This causes their political, cultural, and economic dependency. Islamic Revolution's emancipation prescription to Islamic nations is the renovation of their social science based on Islamic principles in order to ...
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In modern history, Islamic societies are under the subjugation of European nations. This causes their political, cultural, and economic dependency. Islamic Revolution's emancipation prescription to Islamic nations is the renovation of their social science based on Islamic principles in order to be able to manage their countries according to independent political, cultural, and economic knowledge. There are different streams of thought in Iran developed according to this policy. The reviewed book is written on the basis of one of them. As a text book, it is well designed, however, regardless of the writer's effort to get along with Islamic principles and values, the book has several weaknesses and confusions. The main issue is lack of enough attention to the difference between ontology and epistemology which underpinned the secular and Islamic methodology. The book's suggestion is to mix these methods regardless of their fundamental differences. The other problem is its suggestion to extract uncertain original bases of social sciences off the Islamic texts and try to reach certainty by experimental current methods. This means to dominate experimental secular results over Islamic texts. The suggested method causes to cover those current secular understanding of social science whose positions are not clear to Islamic values, with an Islamic layer.
Methodology
Arash Mousavi; Mohammad Amin Baradaran Nikou
Abstract
In this paper, we intend to introduce, criticize, and analyze the book “After Method”; written by John Law and translated by Mojtaba Azizi. The book is published in 2004 by Routledge. “After Method” is asking a massive evolution in methodology. Also, it criticizes the main stream ...
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In this paper, we intend to introduce, criticize, and analyze the book “After Method”; written by John Law and translated by Mojtaba Azizi. The book is published in 2004 by Routledge. “After Method” is asking a massive evolution in methodology. Also, it criticizes the main stream of ontology and epistemology. First, the theoretical context of the book, its main ideas, the writer, and the translator are introduced. In the following, the book is criticized for both form and substantive content. Formally, some writing tips, typographic, and editorial notes are observed. In the content section, firstly the translation of the specialized terminology is discussed. Then, some sentences are chosen, the translation of which makes understanding the text difficult. Comparisons between the original text and the translated text are made. The problems are shown and suggestions are also provided. The translation of such novels, on the one hand, expands and enriches the literature in Persian, and on the other hand, it is always confronted with difficulties. The ambiguity of translating some of the specialized terminology and the inability to translate the concepts into the reader is the main problem of the translation.
History
Yaghoub Khazaei
Volume 18, Issue 10 , February 2019, , Pages 45-64
Abstract
Today, the discussion of method and methodology is one of the important measures of science in any field of science. Perhaps now, without knowledge of the method and methodology the claim of science in every discipline is questioned. In doing so, the present study criticizes three published works ...
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Today, the discussion of method and methodology is one of the important measures of science in any field of science. Perhaps now, without knowledge of the method and methodology the claim of science in every discipline is questioned. In doing so, the present study criticizes three published works in the field of research method in the history, namely Research Method in Historiography by Dr. Jahangir Ghaem Maghami, An Introduction to Research Method in the History by Dr. Alireza Mollaiy Tavani and Method of Research in History by Dr. Hassan Hazratiand, evaluating the method and methodology and its relation with thinking in the history. This critique reveals the implications of adopting a positivist approach in the history. The adoption of the methodological patterns of natural sciences in history, weakening the position of criticism, Undermining the position of thought in history, ignoring the role of the historian as at least part of the process of producing history, etc. are the consequences of adopting a positivist approach in history. Accordingly, it is the current research strategy that arrangements are to be considered by that, thinking in history becomes the dominant position. The present article aims to establish a distinct relation between history and thought, and there is a definition and interpretation of history and historical methodology, advocating strengthening thinking.
Jurisprudence and Law
Mohammad Saeed Taslimi; Khalil Norouzi; Mohammad Amin Hakemi
Volume 18, Issue 5 , September 2018, , Pages 67-90
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Methodology is important in every science. Legal studies, for a long time, has been in the deficiency of suitable methodology and methods of doing research. In spite of this specific deficiency, in other fields of human sciences, such as management, there exist some advancements that can solve many issues ...
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Methodology is important in every science. Legal studies, for a long time, has been in the deficiency of suitable methodology and methods of doing research. In spite of this specific deficiency, in other fields of human sciences, such as management, there exist some advancements that can solve many issues in legal studies. Because of the absence of modern research methods in legal studies, it has been a long time that we have seen an obvious downtrend in this field. In spite of this unacceptable practice in law science, we see impressive movements and advancements in management science. Therefore, this paper by analyzing the book “ Method of Research in Legal Studies”, written by Dr. Javid tries to make these two fields, law and management, closer, hoping that in the future, the rapprochement of these two fields can solve the issues of society by applying new methods of management sciences to law sciences.
Persian Language and Literature
Foad Moloodi
Volume 18, Issue 2 , June 2018, , Pages 281-303
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This paper introduces and criticizes Abdollah Hassanzadeh Mirali's "A Survey of Naturalism in Iran." First the linguistic, formal, and writing aspects of the book have been analyzed. The writing and editing mistakes and inaccuracies in formal precisions (from incorrect recordings of words to inappropriate ...
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This paper introduces and criticizes Abdollah Hassanzadeh Mirali's "A Survey of Naturalism in Iran." First the linguistic, formal, and writing aspects of the book have been analyzed. The writing and editing mistakes and inaccuracies in formal precisions (from incorrect recordings of words to inappropriate use of technical expressions, and the mismatch between titles and the content) have also been shown. In the rest of the paper, referencing and validity of the references have been studied, and the text has been verified against the references that have been used. The final part of the essay has more specifically evaluated and criticized the theoretical framework of the research, methodology, and content. It has been concluded that the three main weaknesses of the book are failure to identify the specific elements of naturalism in theoretical framework, unsystematic data collection and data analysis in the research, and failure to pay attention to the internal logic of the evolution of naturalist fiction in Iran.
History
Morteza Nouraei
Volume 18, Issue 1 , April 2018, , Pages 301-310
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The book, "Local History of Iran in the Islamic Period until the Seventh Century AH" (Qanavat, 2013, pp 434), includes historical concepts that rely on the flow of text-writing in the field of history, the history of text-in-text. In other words, the end-mean is not a representation of historical events ...
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The book, "Local History of Iran in the Islamic Period until the Seventh Century AH" (Qanavat, 2013, pp 434), includes historical concepts that rely on the flow of text-writing in the field of history, the history of text-in-text. In other words, the end-mean is not a representation of historical events or events either, but rather the reconstruction of a specific historiography -local- in the process of the period from the third to the seventh AH. The evolution of local historiography from monog raphs such as fotoh and kharaj, to the biographies of tabaqat and rejal and their entry to the local history papers, including the transition process of the trend in this era are all under study. Therefore, the present book attempts to reveal a trend in the method and meaningful method of historiographical retrospective. Did the writers have consciousness on the nature and kind of their writings? The approach in this book, with which the writer has fallen deep into the depths of the book, seeks to revise it, which is in fact, a glimpse into the past of the locality, following the main question on local history through sources. The process of creation sources revealed a rich tradition in order to preserve the past time in the texts. Therefore, the process of reconstructing and reviewing texts in the form of finding main elements in the method and perspective has in fact been able to show the rich tradition of local historiography in Iran during the medieval period. This book illustrates the evolutionary trend of local historiography in Iran until the seventh century. The fundamental premise of this book is that time, geography (place), and political systems are triangles of transition in local historiography.
political science
Zahed Ghafari Hashjin; Mohammad Aghaei
Volume 17, Issue 7 , January 2018, , Pages 107-125
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As an event, the Islamic Revolution of Iran is seen as intertwined series of various factors and as a flow, it is considered as a nominal figure of innumerable events. Obviously, extensive studies are needed to study the broad dimensions of such a phenomenon. The present article aims at understanding ...
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As an event, the Islamic Revolution of Iran is seen as intertwined series of various factors and as a flow, it is considered as a nominal figure of innumerable events. Obviously, extensive studies are needed to study the broad dimensions of such a phenomenon. The present article aims at understanding the aspects of the political studies of the Islamic Revolution in the context of the interdisciplinary doctoral study and which is being implemented. In this perspective, the main question of the present study is how has the field of political studies of the Islamic Revolution been able to gain a comprehensive understanding of the political epistemological domain of the Islamic Revolution? The findings of the research based on qualitative method analysis and documentary studies, the data collection of which was based on notetaking tools show that the placement of the concept of Islamic Revolution at the intersection of four methodological fields of political thought of Islamic Revolution leaders, political sociology of Islamic Republic, futures study of Islamic revolution , and the reflection of the Islamic Revolution has succeeded in achieving a proper understanding of the political aspect of the Islamic Revolution as a coherent model by applying four different and, of course, cross-sectional methods.
Educational Science
seyyed hosyn hoseyni
Volume 17, Issue 6 , November 2017, , Pages 63-84
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The difference between formal education and education training, based on the human and divine nature of the individual mechanisms, has always been one of the most important issues in the field of philosophy of education and has been considered the analysis of educational characteristics education.The ...
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The difference between formal education and education training, based on the human and divine nature of the individual mechanisms, has always been one of the most important issues in the field of philosophy of education and has been considered the analysis of educational characteristics education.The main objective of this paper is to analyze the book "Zaynab Letters" through which the dimensions of these differences are explored; a general conceptual framework regarding prominent challenges in the formal education system and conceptual hurdles posed by the events in this book are discussed. .The paper aims to find out what the principles and characteristics of children's innate language are. The author has attempted to find out the analytical methods, achieve these aspects in the dual interpretation of its provisions. Finally, after analyzing the content of the book, as the conclusion of the paper, the nine principles regarding the language characteristics of children are identified, and then the twelve special features and components of the language are considered. Furthermore, some solutions from previous findings to change the formal education referring to indigenous education are provided.
Philosophy
Yassaman Hoshyar
Volume 17, Issue 5 , October 2017, , Pages 273-286
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This article is a critical review of the book “An Overview of the Philosophy of Science”. The importance of this lies in the fact that it is the first Persian book in this field. What we confront in the introduction increases its importance which says “This book can be used as ...
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This article is a critical review of the book “An Overview of the Philosophy of Science”. The importance of this lies in the fact that it is the first Persian book in this field. What we confront in the introduction increases its importance which says “This book can be used as a textbook or even self-study book”. In this review, first, the approach of this book to topics such as induction, methodologies, and realism as well as the weights which are given to each of them and their clarity and ambiguity will be surveyed. Then, some further notes like what is necessary for a textbook and what this book lacks, and summary of each chapter and questions for further thinking will be noticed. Finally, a conclusion and evaluation of the book and its purposes will be presented.
Methodology
Mohammad Reza Taghavi; Seyed Saeid Zahed
Volume 17, Issue 2 , September 2017, , Pages 19-36
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The aim of the present study was a review of “Conceptual Creative Realism” as a methodological model of Islamic science (Iman & Kelateh Sadati, 1392). The model had some strong points including a new presentation of science structure as well as a new definition congruent with the Islamic ...
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The aim of the present study was a review of “Conceptual Creative Realism” as a methodological model of Islamic science (Iman & Kelateh Sadati, 1392). The model had some strong points including a new presentation of science structure as well as a new definition congruent with the Islamic point of view entered in a new paradigm. Besides, the model defined hierarchy of knowledge in different ways where the God’s laws would be at the top of this hierarchy. Reality is further up observations and objective experiences as well as the correct criterion defined according to Islamic direction. o On the contrary, the model had some drawbacks including speaking in general, not specified, and missing links between the different concepts, as well as having ambiguity responding how we can specify the borders between different knowledge sources such as sensation experiences, wisdom, and intuition. In sum, the evaluated model seems to be an effective model which contributes to the Islamic science.
Methodology
Mostafa Hamadani
Volume 17, Issue 2 , September 2017, , Pages 157-185
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Methodology is one of fundamental lessons in all scientific courses. In recent decades, qualitative methods of research attract many researchers' attention, but unfortunately, the share of academic texts in this new found field is rare. "Qualitative Research Methodology" by Iman has many privileges and ...
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Methodology is one of fundamental lessons in all scientific courses. In recent decades, qualitative methods of research attract many researchers' attention, but unfortunately, the share of academic texts in this new found field is rare. "Qualitative Research Methodology" by Iman has many privileges and numerous initiatives and can compensate shortage of qualitative research methodology to some extent. Nevertheless, there are some formal, structural, and content shortcomings in this book. Utilizing a documentary method, this study recommends some modifications of organized cases and explains (a) many existing problems, (b) the necessity of formal and content edition of the book especially some diagrams, and models. This study tries to criticize the above-mentioned book and proposes some modifications. Furthermore, of this study's achievements are (a) presentation of logical structure according to Aristotle's division and (b) presentation of its application in the structural review of the book.
Theology and religions
Ali Hajikhani; Nowrooz Amini
Volume 16, Issue 43 , March 2017, , Pages 55-80
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One of the main criteria in the evaluation of the academic papers, either periodical or promoting, is the selection of the appropriate title. The masters of methodology of the scientific researches have introduced several criteria such as particularity, felicity, attraction, brevity, accuracy and ...
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One of the main criteria in the evaluation of the academic papers, either periodical or promoting, is the selection of the appropriate title. The masters of methodology of the scientific researches have introduced several criteria such as particularity, felicity, attraction, brevity, accuracy and novelty for the titles of the academic papers which are necessary to observe. In this article we try to find an answer to this question that how much the authors and the reviewers of the academic papers in religious studies observed these criteria for choosing the titles of their papers by using a combination of description, comparison, and critique of the titles of 86 papers from the Periodic Journal of Hadith Science as a sample for review and evaluation based on the mentioned criteria so that in this way, we will explain the correct method for choosing the titles of the academic papers in the field of religious studies while we consider the amount of the attention or neglect of the authors and the reviewers to these criteria.
Linguistics and Ancient Languages
Masood Khoshsaligheh; Abdullah Nowruzy
Volume 16, Issue 41 , January 2017, , Pages 121-136
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Making a systematic inquiry and applying appropriate methods and approaches to investigating a phenomenon are among the main academic concerns. Within translation studies, endeavors have been made to illustrate different aspects of related methodology. In this regard, Research Methodologies in Translation ...
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Making a systematic inquiry and applying appropriate methods and approaches to investigating a phenomenon are among the main academic concerns. Within translation studies, endeavors have been made to illustrate different aspects of related methodology. In this regard, Research Methodologies in Translation Studies aims to cover a wide range of interdisciplinary methodologies and contribute to the cross-fertilization of diverse research practices that inform translation studies. In this book, Saldanha and O'Brien emphasize the priority of understanding epistemology and ontology of research to engaging in any research. They explain the main elements and principles of a systematic research and try to deal with the main issues of research in descriptive translation studies such as product, process, participants and context. This paper aims to critically discuss the content and structure of the book. The paper begins with a brief review of the chapters at the first step and then continues by reasoning and exemplifying the potential strengths and weaknesses. Considering the aims of authors and the strengths and weaknesses, the paper discusses its appropriateness for using it as a textbook at MA and PhD levels in Iranian universities, as it has been used for the purpose immediately after publishing.
Foreign Languages
Adel KHANYABNEJAD
Volume 16, Issue 38 , June 2016, , Pages 27-57
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Abstract This paper reviews the book Reading Simple Texts which was published by SAMT Publications. The book aimed for a course with the same title at the BA level. It includes excerpts from literary texts from 17th century to the late 20th century from French writers and poets plus parts added by the ...
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Abstract This paper reviews the book Reading Simple Texts which was published by SAMT Publications. The book aimed for a course with the same title at the BA level. It includes excerpts from literary texts from 17th century to the late 20th century from French writers and poets plus parts added by the authors for a better understanding of the texts. My review indicates that the book has fundamental problems in terms of its content, form and methodology, and thus it creates problems for the students while reading the texts. As a result, this book cannot be a good source for the mentioned course, and to the best of my knowledge, there are great many professors who would rather use other resources for teaching simple prose texts. Fundamental revisions and modifications on the book are greatly advised for approaching the objectives set for this course.
Arabic Language and Literature
Ali Asvadi
Volume 10, Issue 20 , September 2010, , Pages 151-160
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Conversation is an important skill in learning each language which includes listening, writing, reading and speaking. The main defects of some existed conversation books are lack of audio-video instructional materials, lack of methodology, and inattention to form and structure of these kinds of ...
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Conversation is an important skill in learning each language which includes listening, writing, reading and speaking. The main defects of some existed conversation books are lack of audio-video instructional materials, lack of methodology, and inattention to form and structure of these kinds of books. Of course, this problem has been observed in these books; but the books which have only written form, are not successful in this area.The present article tries to investigate Dr Mohammad Javad Sadeqi Majd’s book from the form and content point of view. The article presents the merits and defects of the book; and, at last, there are some suggestions for modifying and revising the book with aim of improving it.
