Name Ahmad Vaezi Era Contemporary philosophy | Books Shia Political Thought | |
School Islam, Religious intellectualism Main interests Philosophy of Religion
Social and political philosophy Region Western philosophy, Islamic philosophy, Political philosophy, Hermeneutics | ||
Haj ahmad vaezi
Ahmad Vaezi (born 1963; Persian: احمد واعظی) is an Iranian philosopher, scholar and clergyman. He is now the chief of Islamic propagation office of Qom.
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Early life and education
Ahmad Vaezi was born in Rey, Iran, in 1963. He entered Qom seminary in 1982 and studied preliminary courses in religious sciences in 1986. He then took courses in Islamic jurisprudence, including the classes of scholars such as Ayatollah Hossein Vahid Khorasani, Shiekh Jawad Tabrizi, Seyed Kazem Haeri, and Sadeq Larijani. Mastering Philosophy under Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi-Amoli, Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi and H. Fayazi, he then started his professional studies in Western Philosophy and Modern Transmitted Sciences.
Career
He has been a university lecturer since 1987 and has taught in many Iranian and International universities. In 2001 he moved to the United Kingdom to teach at Cambridge University, and at the Islamic College and London Seminary. His major research interests are Modern Transmitted Sciences and Western Philosophy and, since 2006, he has focused on Hermeneutics and Political Thought.