Nationality Iranian Fields Political Science | Role Political Scientist Name Hossein Bashiriyeh | |
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Institutions University of TehranNational Endowment for DemocracySyracuse University Alma mater University of TehranUniversity of EssexUniversity of Liverpool Books The State and Revolution in Iran (RLE Iran D) Similar People Javad Tabatabai, Saeed Hajjarian, Mahmood Sariolghalam, Mostafa Malekian, Dariush Ashoori |
2014 Iranian Studies Biennial Panel on Hossein Bashiriyeh - Part 2
Hossein Bashiriyeh, is an Iranian scholar in political theory and political sociology, who was born in 1953 in Hamedan, Iran.
Contents
- 2014 Iranian Studies Biennial Panel on Hossein Bashiriyeh Part 2
- Books
- Translations from English into Persian
- Articles in English
- Articles in Persian
- References
Bashiriyeh has been described as "Father of political sociology in Iran", and was a prominent academic figure influencing Iranian reform movement.
He has a B.A. from Tehran University, an M.A. from Essex University and a Ph.D. from Liverpool University, in Political Theories, he returned to Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979, and taught at several universities like Tehran University, Imam Sadegh University in Tehran and Bagherol-'Olum University in Qom. He resigned from Tehran University, where he was professor of political science. He is currently a professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.
Books
Translations from English into Persian
Articles in English
Articles in Persian
During the last 15 years he has published 35 articles in Persian language journals published in Iran. These essays have all been assembled in Reason in Politics: 35 Essays on Political Philosophy and Sociology (referred to above). These articles deal with the following topics: Reason in Politics; Main Concerns of Political Philosophy; Theories of Tolerance; Philosophy of Justice; New Liberalism; The Frankfurt School and Habermas; The fate of Modernity; Ethical aspects of Art; Weber and Islam; Opposition in Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes; Consensus and Conflict; Anarchist Ideals in Political Development; Political Culture in the Pahlavi Period; Civil Society after the Revolution; Traditionalism as Counter-enlightenment in Iran; Class Struggles after the Revolution; Political Ideology and Identity-Building after the Revolution.