The ruling intellectual orientations of the religious authority And its impact on the formation of the popular crowd, a study in the philosophy of intellectual construction

Abstract

Intellectual work in Iraq is almost completely and effectively linked with the history of the establishment of this state so that it seems to constitute the active axis in its intellectual structure, especially between the parties of the time distance extending between the moment of establishment and the moments of successive intellectual and political transformations.  Between these moments extends a time of endless process of intellectual and political mind and multi-style orientations, situations and chronic crises whose neglect is classified among the statements of sensitivity in dealing with the history and present of intellectual work.

On the other hand, the political reality witnessed in Iraq after 2003 would not have enjoyed the conditions of coexistence suitable for peace and stability. Rather, the pluralistic structure that is being put forward for circulation is witnessing a  kind of regression and reliance on sub-identities instead of opening up to a broader representation among the components, as contemporary cultural literature has shown demographically that Iraq is a fertile field for choosing partition projects on the basis of self-determination of those sub-identities. This would not have been possible without cultural and intellectual roots aimed at exclusion. This made it an impact and a governing result in shaping the Iraqi political scene after 2003. Which is what It led to the rise of political and social classes with exclusionary identities that often served as a tool for hatred rather than peaceful coexistence.

As a result, it is as if what happened after 2003 was not a structural shift in the concept of governance, administration and the building of national identity, and the global event that changed the map of the Iraqi reality in that year had begun to draw an intellectual and political map that superseded the map before it. There are defeated and victorious people who have faced the Iraqi intellectual and political equation, and there is empowerment and displacement that is taking place on the basis of the slogans of democracy within a consensual system that makes everyone's scene.

Therefore, intersecting cultures have escalated, and tendencies towards political, cultural and social references have increased, with many of these references possessing an armed organization.