Seyedeh Zahra Zavar Mousavi Niaki* , Maryam Ghazi Nejad** , Mansoureh Azam Azadeh ***

Abstract

The present study aims to provide a genealogical analysis of happiness to address the question of how the religious discourse of happiness emerged in the wisdom of government in Iran. The question arises in this respect, based on the genealogical model of Foucault, that what historical circumstances made it possible to draw a jurisprudential view of the discourse of happiness? The method of the present study is Foucault's analysis of discourse; thus, an empirical toolbox is used, based on Foucault's historical approach to discourse analysis. According to the results, in the Safavid period, the beginning of political governance based on jurisprudence can be regarded as a significant turning point, after which the new rationality of happiness was possible through the use of a set of techniques. Organizational segregation, use of Shiite mujtahids and granting them judicial-political positions, granting them security, and handing over endowments have been important techniques. This system tends to have more and more instrumental relationships with influence-based discourses.

Keywords: Genealogy, Happiness, Governance, Safavid, Discourse

* Ph.D. student of Sociology, Alzahra University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

** Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, m This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

*** Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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