“Self-other” Relationship in Discourse of Shia Invocation; Ties Between Social Divinities and Social Philosophy of Invocation

The self-other relationship as an identification issue has been a serious matter in sociology and is considered as a  problem for spirit of western modernity. Major western sociologists (Marx, Durkheim, Weber and Simmel) have tried to offer a plan for confronting the unsuitable effects of "confrontation of self and other" in the western modern culture. From the viewpoint of inter-civilizational and interfaith comparison, one should refer to the Islamic culture and hence the Quran and the tradition of the holy Prophet (PBUH) of Islam can be a sublime valid text for regulation of "ethical relation between self and other". The study of this relationship, particularly in the Shia teachings – for instance in the ideological project of Islam presented by  the late scholar Ali Shariati titled, the Most Beautiful Worshipping Soul, which is about social, political, ethical, philosophical and mystical aspects of Shia invocation – enjoy very good capacities. Hence, the problem is: how is the relationship between self and other defined in the text of Shia invocation from perspective of philosophy of social ethics and philosophy of religious ethics The presupposition of the present research is that the discursive nature of the Shia invocation text has been able to transform it from an ordinary religious text to a domain for ideological, ethical identification with cultural-social consequences for the believers. Hence, the present research is a prelude to further research in this field. Therefore, a hermeneutical research in the original literature of Shia invocations has been conducted from the perspective of social philosophy of religious ethics to extract different relations of self and other in the texture of day-to-day life of the believers.