This is a lexical entry that gathers the terminological meaning of this term in Shahrur’s work across his different books, and connects its various usages.
This entry belongs to Shahrur’s lexicon, and appears within the network of differentiation between the father, the two parents, and the parents as Shahrur uses it in reading lineage and care.
Meaning according to Shahrur
The parents are the father and the mother from the standpoint of biological origin, that is, those to whom a human being is attributed by birth and bodily formation. The term is used here to denote the natural bond of lineage, not care, upbringing, or familial authority.
Distinctions
- It differs from the two parents; they may denote those who provide care and upbringing even if they are not the biological origin
- Religious or kinship affiliation, in which one is judged by action and relationship, is not included, because what is meant here is the bond of birth alone.
Places in his books
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism: the parents in this source refer to the biological origin, namely fatherhood and motherhood associated with the sperm and the egg. This specification is used to distinguish biological lineage from the educational and social roles carried by the concept of the two parents and the mother
What is adjacent to it and different from it
- The two parents
- The father
- Religious and kinship affiliation are measured by action and relationship
- The parents are biological, while the two parents are educational