Tag: Need-Based Morality

  • The Mahdi’s Quest: A Hero’s Journey to Justice and Unity

    Abstract: This paper posits that the Islamic eschatological narrative of the Mahdi is a pristine articulation of the human monomyth, or “Hero’s Journey,” as identified by Joseph Campbell. It moves beyond a structural comparison to propose a new interpretive framework: Need-Based Morality (NBM). Through this lens, the Mahdi’s quest is revealed not merely as a…