Document Type : Original Article
Author
Assistant Professor in Department of Persian Language and Literature Education, Farhangian University, P.O 14665-889 , Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
The concept of “historical time” is one of the most fundamental concepts in the philosophy of history, which has been systematically and dialectically explained in the works of philosophers such as Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. On the other hand, in the tradition of Persian historiography, Bayhaqi’s History, as an outstanding example of historical narrative, has complex and thought-provoking structures in its dealing with time. This article seeks to compare and analyze, from a comparative perspective, the temporal structure and narrative style in Bayhaqi’s History with the concept of historical time in Hegel’s philosophy. The aim of this research is to identify and analyze the conceptual and structural similarities and differences between dialectical time in Hegel’s philosophy and narrative time in Bayhaqi’s History. Also, an attempt has been made to consider the role of narrative, historical causality, and self-awareness in the representation of time. The research method is qualitative and analytical-comparative, which is based on textual analysis and case studies of parts of Bayhaqi's history (such as the story of Hasanak, the death of Masoud, and the narrative of Ahmad Hassan Maimandi and Bu Nasr Mushkan). Hegelian sources, relying on lectures on the philosophy of history, have been the theoretical basis. The findings show that although Bayhaqi does not write within the framework of systematic philosophy, his narratives have a causal, progressive, and reflective temporal structure that is close to the Hegelian understanding of historical time. By using return to the past, foreknowledge of the future, moral judgment, and the dialectical structure of contradictions, he represents history not simply as a record of events, but as an arena for the formation of meaning and consciousness, and shows that historical narrative, in the Persian tradition, is also capable of analysis within the framework of modern concepts of the philosophy of history.
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