Ma`rifat Siyasi

In political philosophy, there are three general attitudes about the limits of government tenure: i) social attitude; ii) liberal attitude; iii) Islamic attitude. In the socialist view, the tenure of the government is maximal and the tenure of the people is minimal. Most of the political, social, economic, security and cultural affairs are the responsibility of the government, and the people have a lesser role in managing the affairs of the society. In the liberal view, government tenure is minimal and people's tenure is maximum. The role of the government is to the extent necessary and more strategic, supervisory and for maintaining security and public order, and the majority of society's affairs are the responsibility of the people and the private sector. In the Islamic view, the administration of the government and the people is moderate. The criterion of government and people's tenure is the fixed and changing needs of the society. In fixed and necessary needs of the society, such as security, order and defense, the government should be in charge of society's affairs, but in variable and unnecessary needs, people should be in charge of society's affairs. As a result, the limits of the tenure of the Islamic government are determined according to the essential needs of the Islamic society and the lack of a desirable popular incumbent. Criticizing two socialist and liberal attitudes, the present article explains the Islamic attitude from the perspective of Allameh Misbah Yazdi.