The Impact of Anthropology on Theocratic Government from Ayatollah Javadi Amoli’s Perspective

The basic foundations of a government and the attitude toward these foundations make distinctions among governments. One of these foundations is anthropology which is the focus of the present paper. An attempt is made to delineate the different methods of anthropology, the aspects and levels of human existence and their impact on the laws of a theocratic government, its rulers and its people. The focus of this delineation is on Ayatollah Javadi Amoli, the contemporary theologian. The reason is that he has attempted, on different occasions, to explain the impact of those foundations on this type of government through his analysis of the foundations of a theocratic government. The conclusion is that the kind of assumed perspective toward the different aspects of human existence has a tremendous effect on the various elements of a theocratic government.