Seyed Sadegh Haghighat has graduated in Political Thought from TM University in Tehran, and studied at the Islamic Seminaries from 1981 to 2004. Currently, he is a full professor at the Department of Political Science at Mofid University in Qom. He has participated in several international academic conferences.
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Areas of Research Interest
His M.A. thesis on "Trans-national Responsibilities of the Islamic State", and his Ph.D. dissertation on "Distribution of Power in Shii Political Thought" focus on Shia Jurisprudence. His research interests embrace Islamic political thought, methodology of political science, Iranian Revolution and political Islam.
Books and Articles
Haghighat has published over 20 books, some of which have been translated into English and Arabic. In "Jihad from a Shi'a Hermeneutic Perspective", a new hermeneutical theory about offensive jihad has been brought up. In addition, two other pivotal articles have been published: "Persian Mirrors for Princes: Pre-Islamic and Islamic Mirrors Compared" by Harvard University in 2015, and "Iranian Identity in the West: A Discursive Approach" by I.B. Tauris in 2012. His book, Methodology of Political Science, deals with methodological and interdisciplinary issues. His articles and most full texts of his books can be accessed at his website
"Confluence Theory" & "Religious Leadership Theory"
According to "Confluence Theory", political philosophy and political fiqh (jurisprudence) have constructive interactions, and each Islamic political issue, such as justice and distribution of power, should be argued in both disciplines. In his Six Theories about the Islamic Revolution’s Victory, Haghighat has put forward a new theory about the Iranian Revolution. Although modernization has prepared the mainstream of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, charismatic and religious leadership of Imam Khomeini has played an important role in this regard.