Theology of Art
social and political role of art in FARABI'S utopia according to the concept of happiness
Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 MA from Arts and Architecture college of Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran
2 Assistant professor of Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran
Abstract
Happiness is a key world in FARABI’S politics and social thought and generally in peripatetic philosophers. From one hand, he thought that the goal of society and politics are happiness. In his view this goal only in utopia is achievable. Further more he believed that the goal of art is taking people to happiness. The question of this paper is relationship between art and society in FARABI’S view. In other world the goal of this paper is study the social and political role of art.
The method of this research is fundamental, analytical descriptive.The method of gathering data is from books, articles and interview.
Results show that FARABI spoke about happiness in society, happiness in other world and happiness in knowledge. THE SECOND TEACHER also spoke about the condition in which happiness is available, such as the perfection in theoretical and practical knowledge, disappearing all of baseness and ugliness and etc. FARABI positioned artist in the second place after president of utopia. They assisted him delivering society to happiness.Actually artist by preparing suitable conditions in which happiness is available had significant role in taking people to happiness .so art have important role in society and politics.
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