Morality, Religion and Art
The engagement with morality, religion and art has been a continuing feature throughout Khatami's life and work. his model led him to a specific theory of action,upon which he has based his moral and religious theory, and his philosophy of art. Meanwhile, in particular, Khatami has critically written on the modern western understanding of religion and Art. In contrast to much contemporary studies in secular academia, Khatami guards against the modern subjectivistic concepts of and approach to morality, art and religion.
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