Abdulkarim Soroush is one of the intellectuals who represent the religious revival movement. He is one of the people who can rightly be called modern thinkers, philosophers and public figures of Iran. Despite the fact that Soroush is not currently engaged in socio-political and teaching activities in his country, he still remains a bright figure and a carrier of innovative ideas that do not cease to excite the public, and especially the youth of Iran. This thinker is interesting because the general direction of his ideas was not formed immediately, it was formed over the course of twenty years since the establishment of Islamic rule in Iran. As a high-ranking ideologue in his country, Soroush, like many of his colleagues, participated in the creation of the ideological basis of Islamic democracy. However, later his ideological views began to diverge from the main ideology that prevailed in society. Soroush recognized the need to reform the religious system, and with it the concept of Islamic rule. He put forward his concept of a special way of developing the socio-political and religious spheres in Iran. First of all, the thinker was concerned with the development of Islamic doctrine in the modern era. Even in his university years, he was interested in the question of the relationship between religion and philosophy. Soroush examines the work of Western and Islamic thinkers and comes to the conclusion that Islam is philosophically measurable, that its religious principles and traditions contain special rational premises. Later, Soroush reflects on the relationship between religion and politics. He refers to the popular Marxist thought in Iran, which was very attractive to the Iranian society at that time. But he is more interested in the essence of religion. During his student years, he studied Persian literature, poetry, and mysticism in depth, especially the works of Rumi. At the same time, Soroush is attracted to the work of Islamic ideologists, in particular Mot ... Read more