This page explains a conceptual relation between two poles within Shahrur’s thought, and how this relation works in constructing meaning.
Within a Broader Family
This relation falls within the field of plurality as a condition for civil association and modern politics. Its witness illuminates a specific link, and the family brings together its relation to the civil state, civil society, freedom, and the separation of powers.
The Meaning of the Relation
This relation means that plurality is not merely a secondary feature of public life, but rather the foundation upon which both the state and civil society are built. The meaning inferred from the witness is that the civil state rests on plurality, and civil society likewise rests on it, making it the structural basis that gives the political and social sphere both cohesion and diversity at once.
The Two Sides of the Relation
- First pole: plurality
- Relation: founds
- Second pole: the state and civil society
Evidence
- The state and society through Plurality is the basis of the state and civil society
- Witness: Plurality is the basis of the state and civil society The civil state is based on plurality and civil society is based on plurality they establish that plurality is the structural basis of political and social life
Its Effect on the Knowledge Map
This relation gains its importance because it links the concept of plurality to both the institutional and social levels together, making it a point of foundation rather than merely a descriptive idea. In this way, it shows in the conceptual map that the state and civil society are only complete through the acceptance of plurality and recognition of it, placing plurality in a central position that explains the emergence of the civil and political structure and its relation to social diversity.