From survival to the battle of ideas; The necessity of Iran's entry into the philosophical circle of civilizations

From survival to the battle of ideas; The necessity of Iran's entry into the philosophical circle of civilizations

Ali Nasri wrote:

🔹 "The initiative of the "Emirs of Civilizations", once proposed by Seyed Muhammad Khatami and recognized at the UN level, was a civilizational response to the theory of the clash of civilizations. Now it's time to follow up and complete this idea and add a new step to it: to call on nations to dig deep into their culture and responsibility in their points of strength and responsibility.

🔹 Iran cannot and should not, despite the conditions of the war and the severe economic pressures, limit its efforts only to the field of survival and hard fighting. The exclusive focus on military defense and resistance to pressures, although necessary, leaves the field of narration, the norm and the production of meaning to the other side. Today, the war-warming trend of the West tries to reinterpret history in the field of thought, alongside the military and economic war, to rebuild its identity, to legitimize its control from the perspective of history and philosophy, and to open its hand to a reckless and "unquestionable" use of force.

Irna Jahan