Methodology
Mohammad Shojaeian; Sajad Rostamipoor
Abstract
"Methodology of Political Science" aims to collect, classify, describe and analyze research methods in political science. Dr. Haghighat's book entitled "Methodology of Political Science" has tried to review and critique most of the existing methodologies in the field of political science. The chapters ...
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"Methodology of Political Science" aims to collect, classify, describe and analyze research methods in political science. Dr. Haghighat's book entitled "Methodology of Political Science" has tried to review and critique most of the existing methodologies in the field of political science. The chapters of the book have a good consistency and the esteemed author has adopted a coherent method in reviewing and criticizing the methods. In some cases, paying attention to the indigenous atmosphere of Iranian society has made the contents of the book more useful. Paying attention to the distinction between research method and methodology is one of the highlights of the present study. On the other hand, obscurity in the definition of humanities and politics, lack of a clear criterion for classifying research methods, and ambiguity in methodological pluralism are among the most important shortcomings of the book. The respected author considers the methodology of social and political sciences as part of the philosophy of these sciences. But in the study of methods, the emphasized meaning of methodology has been seriously neglected. There is a conflict between the vagueness and the predicament of the concepts discussed in the book and the claim of uncertainty in the humanities. Pluralism is defended in the field of methodology, but the multiplicity and diversity of meanings of the concepts in political science in general and Iranian society, in particular, is rejected as a crisis and ambiguity.
Persian Language and Literature
Peiman Abolbashari
Abstract
The book “Sufism and Politics in Prose Texts until the End of the Fourth Century AH”, written by Mahdi Heidari, is a collection of eight re-published articles under the banner of a Book. The chapters of the book are based on fragile, non-historical theories and on the transcendental concept ...
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The book “Sufism and Politics in Prose Texts until the End of the Fourth Century AH”, written by Mahdi Heidari, is a collection of eight re-published articles under the banner of a Book. The chapters of the book are based on fragile, non-historical theories and on the transcendental concept of unity and plurality and its effect on the establishment of Sufi multifaceted relations with politics. The choice of a weak hypothesis along with a lack of method has made the author lose track of the historical background and context and has caused the time and place to be lost in the text. Heidari has also made it impossible for the average audience to read the book by quoting untranslated Arabic narrations. Some generalizations of error in the classification of Sofia are prominent errors that have seriously damaged the work. In this article, an attempt has been made to critique the quality of the book, especially in terms of content analysis
Anthropology
Parisa Goudarzi; Mohsen Shabani
Abstract
Moral psychology is one of the emerging disciplines in interdisciplinary studies in the field of moral philosophy and psychology. Moral psychology seeks to bridge the boundaries of science and philosophy in the field of psychology and ethics. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics ...
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Moral psychology is one of the emerging disciplines in interdisciplinary studies in the field of moral philosophy and psychology. Moral psychology seeks to bridge the boundaries of science and philosophy in the field of psychology and ethics. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion? by Jonathan Haidt is one of the most influential works in this field. In this paper, the authors have tried to bring the boundaries of psychology and ethics closer to each other. Haidt seeks to suggest a way of thinking about two divisive issues in human life: politics and religion. For this purpose, he has used the available resources in the fields of philosophy, moral philosophy, psychology, social sciences, and genetics. Much of the book's data is lived and experienced by the author himself. This has made the present book an excellent one in the field of psychology and ethics, especially in the field of moral intuitionism and social intuitionism. The author believes that understanding and empathizing with the political and religious views of others or, in his words, validating the moral matrices of others, eliminates divisions between people. Due to its very simple language, coherent and empirical analyzes, this book can be made available to the general public, both academics and non-academics.
political science
Bahram Navazeni
Abstract
This is a review of the book "Islam in Russia: the politics of identity and security” by Shirin T. Hunter, the Iranian-American Professor of Georgetown University, in collaboration with two of the researchers at the Center for strategic and international studies, Jeffrey Thomas and Alexander Melikishvili, ...
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This is a review of the book "Islam in Russia: the politics of identity and security” by Shirin T. Hunter, the Iranian-American Professor of Georgetown University, in collaboration with two of the researchers at the Center for strategic and international studies, Jeffrey Thomas and Alexander Melikishvili, published in New York in 2004. A translation of this work is done by Elahe Koulaei, Professor at Tehran University, and two of his colleagues, Seyedeh Motahare Hussein and Asma Moini by Nei press in Tehran. Although the book may not be considered as the main textbook for political science course subjects, but may certainly be acknowledged as holding valuable information about the Soviet Government and politics, the big power's foreign policy, in all branches of BA, MA and PhD fields of political science, international relations, and regional studies. This article is also trying to introduce this work and its authors and translators, as well as critically analyze the structural and contextual weakness and suggest some corrective tips for the next edition of it.
Sociology
Asghar Izadi-Jeiran
Abstract
Public Sociology in Practice is a translation of a special issue in Current Sociology, “Precarious Engagements: Combat in the Realm of Public Sociology” (2014). The content of the book is provided in three sections, consisting of contextualized experiences of different authors through the ...
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Public Sociology in Practice is a translation of a special issue in Current Sociology, “Precarious Engagements: Combat in the Realm of Public Sociology” (2014). The content of the book is provided in three sections, consisting of contextualized experiences of different authors through the world. The aim is to apply public sociology in different communities and countries. Two achievements of the book can be stated. First, the fourfold classification by Michael Burawoy in sociology (professional, policy, critical, and public) does not remain in pure form in different local contexts. Second, in every country, on the one hand, local traditions and history are concerned with sociology discipline, and on the other hand, dominant culture and politics paved the way to success or frustration of public scholar. The book shows internal professional dynamics and external dynamics in relation to the political field.
Linguistics and Ancient Languages
Abdolrasoul Shakeri; Masoud Farahmandfar
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A Persian translation of the book The Politics of Writing in Iran: A History of Modern Persian Literature, written by Dr. Kamran Talattof from Arizona University, has recently been published in Iran, and is currently a textbook in some Iranian universities and is taught for the courses of ‘Contemporary ...
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A Persian translation of the book The Politics of Writing in Iran: A History of Modern Persian Literature, written by Dr. Kamran Talattof from Arizona University, has recently been published in Iran, and is currently a textbook in some Iranian universities and is taught for the courses of ‘Contemporary Persian Poetry’ and ‘Contemporary Persian Prose’ at the undergraduate level and also for the course of ‘Contemporary Persian Poetry’ at the postgraduate level. In addition to analyzing the form and content of the book, the writers of the present article try to examine the new theory that Talattof has proposed through integrating contemporary Western theoretical approaches and specific features of contemporary Iranian society and literature. His book sheds light on the mutual relationship between politics and contemporary literature and society of Iran. The Politics of Writing in Iran examines methodically and unprecedentedly the impact of different ideologies on literary movements, and accordingly arranges the literary products of the last one hundred years into several movements, arguing that each of these movements is an ‘episode’ and thus the whole modern Persian literature is ‘episodic’. The theoretical approach of Talattof’s book rests on this premise that ideological paradigms have determined the manner of writing literary works in Iran in the past hundred years. The present article offers not only a short overview of the literary historiographic attempts in Iran in the last one hundred years, but also a brief account of the Western theories of literary historiography in the last few decades. In the end, the relation and correspondence of the book’s theory of ‘episodic literary movements’ and the theory of ‘Iran as a short-term society’ is highlighted.
political science
Aliashraf Nazari
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The manner of reading and interpreting historical texts is one of the central pillars of the methodology and history of thought. The main question in this field is how to study and understand the concepts and meanings of the thinkers in the study of the history of thought? Quentin Skinner is one of the ...
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The manner of reading and interpreting historical texts is one of the central pillars of the methodology and history of thought. The main question in this field is how to study and understand the concepts and meanings of the thinkers in the study of the history of thought? Quentin Skinner is one of the founders of the Cambridge School of History and Political Thought, whose work is of philosophical importance, presenting new and influential ideas. Skinner considers the question of how different and conflicting perspectives are to be adapted, which can be still a central issue in contemporary political thought. He has attempted to use the traditional methods of historical research with an intentional approach, to draw attention to their differences, to reconstitute their beliefs, and to be as aware of the processes of the formation of problems and events as possible, to understand the way things are going. He hopes that by examining and evaluating the history of competing theories, he will be able to play a part in these widespread conflicts, regardless of his historical interest. This article will attempt to introduce and review the first volume of the book Visions of Politics: On Methodology. The importance of the critical reading of this series of articles in this book is that it now reflects his intellectual transformation as classical writings.
political science
Ali Ashraf Nazari
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Theory is considered an “approach” as a toolbox for constructing and experimentally examining questions and concepts. In recent decades, the debate over the status of theory has always been the subject of debate and intellectual debate. What is the essence of the theory? How can theory be ...
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Theory is considered an “approach” as a toolbox for constructing and experimentally examining questions and concepts. In recent decades, the debate over the status of theory has always been the subject of debate and intellectual debate. What is the essence of the theory? How can theory be considered as a more comprehensive toolbox for intervening in contemporary cultures, and what can be done about it? The focus of discussion, critique, and evaluation in this article is the book Theory Toolbox: Basic Concepts in Humanities, Social Sciences, and Art. The main idea of the book is that, according to Gilles Deleuze, theory should be considered as a toolbox for constructing and experimenting with questions and concepts and as a more comprehensive tool for intervening in contemporary cultures. The book was written by Jeffrey Nealon and Susan Giroux and published in English in 2012 by Rowman & Little field. This book was translated into Persian in 1396 (2016) by Abbas Lotfizadeh and Morteza Khoshamadi and has been made available to those interested by Qoqnoos Publishing.
Methodology
Mojtaba Shariati
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The variety of methodological studies in the field of politics, the emergence of post-positivism in the modern age, and the conflicts with positivism make clear the importance of criticizing this work. The importance of evaluating this book is also attributed to the fact that this textbook has been used ...
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The variety of methodological studies in the field of politics, the emergence of post-positivism in the modern age, and the conflicts with positivism make clear the importance of criticizing this work. The importance of evaluating this book is also attributed to the fact that this textbook has been used as a resource for political science students at three academic levels. This article is an attempt to provide a framework for reforming it in the future by reviewing one of the most important educational writings in the field of political science methodology and expressing its strengths and weaknesses. The method of critique of the work is citation-analytical, which has been done in the general framework of work presentation, form criticism, and content criticism. The results indicate that the book in question, although it has strengths in its content, has many drawbacks in form. It is mentioned in the form of articulated tables. Methodological explanations of different theories in different sections, printing, and proper layout are the most important content and form advantages of this work. Lack of sufficient and comprehensive attention to some of the new theories, weaknesses in the critical introduction of existing methodologies, and a multitude of typographical errors are the form and content weaknesses of the book.
Philosophy
Seyyed Mustafa Shahraeeni; Mohammad Sina Mirzaei
Abstract
The book of Philosophy, Theology, and Politics: A Reading of Benedict Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-Politicus is intended to describe, analyze, and criticize the most important concepts contained in the Spinoza’s book by utilizing its precious resources and with an etymological look. The ...
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The book of Philosophy, Theology, and Politics: A Reading of Benedict Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-Politicus is intended to describe, analyze, and criticize the most important concepts contained in the Spinoza’s book by utilizing its precious resources and with an etymological look. The inner critique in this book outweighs the outer critique. Besides, many references and explanations about Spinoza’s philosophy, Bagley’s work has also become an admirable book among the commentaries or readings of the English-speaking world. Spinoza’s treatise is a book about theology and politics. However, Bagley holds that it is a book about theology and politics that is written by a philosopher. More precisely, it is a treatise written by someone whose allegiance is to philosophy rather than either to theology or to politics. This paper makes an effort to introduce, with a descriptive-analytical look, the formal and content structure of the Bagley’s book, and then to discuss its strengths and weaknesses.
Philosophy
Mostafa Shahraini; baian karimi
Abstract
In this article, the book titled Jewish Themes in Spinoza’s Philosophy is introduced, studied, and criticized. State University of New York Press published this book under the title of Jewish Themes in Spinoza’s Philosophy with the edition of two prominent experts in Spinoza and Jewish studies: ...
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In this article, the book titled Jewish Themes in Spinoza’s Philosophy is introduced, studied, and criticized. State University of New York Press published this book under the title of Jewish Themes in Spinoza’s Philosophy with the edition of two prominent experts in Spinoza and Jewish studies: Heidi Ravven and Lenn Goodman in 2002. Many outstanding critics believe that this book is the first serious attempt to understand Spinoza’s thought and to show its place in the history of Jewish philosophy. In this book, the custom tradition of similar books on this subject is not observed, and for the first time, the important issues of Spinoza’s philosophy and its Jewish themes have been examined. The aim of this book was to introduce Spinoza as a Jewish philosopher. However, the chief editors did not succeed to choose the unified articles whether regarding the subject or the technical content. The lack of a chapter as conclusion is indicating to some extent that these articles do not reach to a unified agreement on relating Spinoza to Judaism.
political science
Masoud Akhavan Kazemi
Volume 18, Issue 6 , December 2018, , Pages 1-20
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Frequency and continuity of military interventions in politics in different societies have led to the fact that the analysis of the interrelationships of the armed forces and the government has become one of the most important issues in political sociology studies. Military interference in politics in ...
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Frequency and continuity of military interventions in politics in different societies have led to the fact that the analysis of the interrelationships of the armed forces and the government has become one of the most important issues in political sociology studies. Military interference in politics in different forms and levels is a general phenomenon that exists in almost all countries of the world. This phenomenon in its most gentle and most extensive levels is seen in the forms of exerting influence over politicians and on the process of political decision-making and policy- making, and at the highest levels, it occurs in the form of overt political interference and resort to military coups and obvious presence at the head of political power. This article reviews the book "The Military and Politics", as one of the newest works presented in Persian, in the field of mutual relations and interactions of the military institution and the government, and it tries to review the book using a critical analysis, and considering various aspects of this topic.
Jurisprudence and Law
Naser Ghasemi
Volume 18, Issue 5 , September 2018, , Pages 255-270
Abstract
Basically, each discipline is selected and chosen to indicate the content of the field, on the one hand, and it can explain its scope, such as sociology, rhetoric, criminology, and so on, on the other hand. While a criminal policy is a discipline that extends far beyond its title and includes many different ...
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Basically, each discipline is selected and chosen to indicate the content of the field, on the one hand, and it can explain its scope, such as sociology, rhetoric, criminology, and so on, on the other hand. While a criminal policy is a discipline that extends far beyond its title and includes many different subjects, it is also capable of evaluating from a diverse range of scientific disciplines, as well as various legal systems, especially religious and Islamic.About the concept of criminal policy from the past, the views of many writers in Western and Eastern societies, as well as in Iran before and after the Islamic Revolution, have been expressed, which in some cases require careful consideration. Addressing the secular and religious viewpoint of the criminal policy and plotting its place in these two groups: the first group is a subject that has been considered in the book of evaluation, and the author has attempted to explain the position and its role in religious matters, and consequently it is in the current legal system of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
political science
Abbas Khalaji
Volume 17, Issue 8 , January 2018, , Pages 151-170
Abstract
This study is intended to have a critical view on “the History of Political Thought in Islam”. This book is a reference for the students and researchers of history and political sciences. The writer has explained formal, theoretical, and scientific content of the book. Then, he has tried ...
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This study is intended to have a critical view on “the History of Political Thought in Islam”. This book is a reference for the students and researchers of history and political sciences. The writer has explained formal, theoretical, and scientific content of the book. Then, he has tried to evaluate its features to assess its specific appropriateness to be studied and taught as a textbook for Islamic political thought. The results indicated that the book contains several advantageous properties; however, there are some formal, theoretical, and scientific shortcomings, which must be covered in the next editions in order to change the book into an appropriate and adequate source for students and researchers.
political science
Mahdi Fadaei Mehrabani
Volume 17, Issue 8 , January 2018, , Pages 243-264
Abstract
Robert Dahl, as we know, is one of the political scientists who has a scientific approach to politics and political science and seeks to present politics as a science. In his book "Modern Political Analysis", he outlines his main positions on the concept of politics and how to analyze politics. The book, ...
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Robert Dahl, as we know, is one of the political scientists who has a scientific approach to politics and political science and seeks to present politics as a science. In his book "Modern Political Analysis", he outlines his main positions on the concept of politics and how to analyze politics. The book, on the one hand, belongs to the power-oriented tradition of politics and, on the other hand, replaces a different concept of "influence" with the concept of power, claiming to have provided a scientific method for studying and looking at politics as well as a scientific model for practical policy and policy making. In this article, we will review the strengths and weaknesses of this book. This article contains some general critiques, including a critique of the book's scientist approach, its emphasis on influence as the main concept of politics, what modern political analysis is, and the consequences of this view of politics.
political science
Seyed Abdolamir Nabavi
Volume 17, Issue 8 , January 2018, , Pages 301-312
Abstract
Increasing the enthusiastic attempts to trace the Middle East events and evolutions, on the one hand, and establishing the Middle East Studies courses (both in research and teaching) on the other hand, caused the need for research and teaching sources in this field. The printing of Politics and Government ...
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Increasing the enthusiastic attempts to trace the Middle East events and evolutions, on the one hand, and establishing the Middle East Studies courses (both in research and teaching) on the other hand, caused the need for research and teaching sources in this field. The printing of Politics and Government in THE Middle East by a reputable university press is very important; a book which is going to have educational methods and offer the data and analyses on political issues to the students of political sciences, especially the bachelors. However, reviewing the form and the content of this book shows that despite the publishers’ finesse to offer a scientific and comprehensive work, it has some weaknesses and inaccuracies, so that introducing it as an academic source may be hesitated. Accordingly, this paper offers some positive and negative aspects of the book, and at the end, it proposes a recommendation to the authors and publishers to issue a new edition of the book. The major drawback of the book seems to be its lack of the proficiency guidelines and ideas of the scholars of the Middle East Studies as well as and guidelines and ideas of education.
Philosophy
Ahmad Reza Tabatabai
Volume 17, Issue 5 , October 2017, , Pages 15-34
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Michael J. Sandal (born March 1993) is an American Political philosopher and professor at Harward University. He is best known for the Harward Course Justice and for his critique of John Rawls’s “Theory of Justice”. Sandal in his book "Public Philosophy", which is about his ideas in ...
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Michael J. Sandal (born March 1993) is an American Political philosopher and professor at Harward University. He is best known for the Harward Course Justice and for his critique of John Rawls’s “Theory of Justice”. Sandal in his book "Public Philosophy", which is about his ideas in "Morality in Politics" has explained his philosophical and Political thoughts with real and objective examples. In this book, he has tried to lead abstract philosophical discussions into concrete political and social affairs. The author has tried to explain the relationship between ethics and politics in American society with concrete examples. The author of the present article aims to clarify Saddle’s view in ethics and politics as well as his critical thoughts about Rawls’s Theory of Justice.
Persian Language and Literature
Farzad baloo
Volume 16, Issue 42 , January 2017, , Pages 21-39
Abstract
Abstract Adonis, the book (Tradition and Modernity), recognition, explanation and analysis of the dialectic of tradition and modernity Arabic - Islamic and in religious, political, intellectual, and literary (especially poetry) following the advent of Islam to the present. He, therefore, methodical, ...
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Abstract Adonis, the book (Tradition and Modernity), recognition, explanation and analysis of the dialectic of tradition and modernity Arabic - Islamic and in religious, political, intellectual, and literary (especially poetry) following the advent of Islam to the present. He, therefore, methodical, principles of tradition in Three Realms Caliphate and politics, tradition and jurisprudence and poetry literature, and then the principles of innovation through intellectual and literary the revolutionary movements explain and their representative introduced. In this paper, at the beginning to introduce of the work and the author, to the origin and position its among other works related. Then, in enumerating the major issues, focus, and philosophical foundations and methodology of this book, refer to the achievements of the theory has been proposed. Finally, consideration will be critical to the content and structure of the book.
political science
Sayyed Reza Shakeri
Volume 16, Issue 41 , January 2016, , Pages 97-115
Abstract
In his book “Understanding Political Theories”, Spragens distinguishes between political science and political theory. The crises and problems in the domain of American politics lead the similar scholars to think that the extreme activism in American politics has deviated politics from its ...
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In his book “Understanding Political Theories”, Spragens distinguishes between political science and political theory. The crises and problems in the domain of American politics lead the similar scholars to think that the extreme activism in American politics has deviated politics from its ultimate end which is management and public good. This issue became a motivation to write this article to show that alongside the high contribution of political science to the analysis and understanding of practical politics, the contribution of political theory should also be seen and it should be explained that although political theory is not a substitute for political science for Spragens, it fundamentally redesigns policy responsibilities in relation to goals and ideals of classics of Western politic thoughts. This article has an explanatory method and is based on the author's pattern i.e. focusing on the internal logic in political theory as well as explaining the concept of 'relation' as a category having both independent sides and guarantying the internal indicators of the relationship. The result is that the policy activism sometimes removes the main goal which is pursuing the public good from practical policy. Political theory can, with its diagnostic, critical, and concrete functions warns policy about forgetting the public affairs and invite scholars to a continuous solution.
History
Mohammad Hassan Elahizadeh
Volume 15, Issue 35 , October 2015, , Pages 25-40
Abstract
Abstract The book Alfitnah Jadaliyyah fi al-Din wa Alsyasah fi islam Almobakker by Tunisian thinker and historian Dr. Hisham Djait is among the globally acknowledged works that was translated into Arabic in December 1991 and published by Dar-altalieh Publications in Beirut. The book which is divided ...
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Abstract The book Alfitnah Jadaliyyah fi al-Din wa Alsyasah fi islam Almobakker by Tunisian thinker and historian Dr. Hisham Djait is among the globally acknowledged works that was translated into Arabic in December 1991 and published by Dar-altalieh Publications in Beirut. The book which is divided into five chapters gives an account of the important historical events occurring during the thirty years after the time of the Prophet (pbuh) and analyzes those incidents with an emphasis on the events which happened during the last years of Othman’s and Ali’s caliphate. Religious unity, building an Islamic state and jihad, conquests and Islamic Empire, the battles of Jamal, Siffin and Nehruvan are the basic issues discussed in the book. The term fitnah is used to refer to the five-year period of the Caliphate of Rashedun; a historical setting that, according to the author of the book, that was a combination of internal strife and religious conflict that ultimately resulted in sectarianism and break in the Ummah of the Prophet (pbuh). Despite the importance of this period, and regarding the fact that till now no serious historical study is done concerning it, the author of the book has tried carefully, deeply and obsessively to produce a historical account of this time. In the present article, while giving a formal introduction on the book, the researcher has evaluated and criticised the given book
