Sharqh, Daily Newspaper, No. 109, Jan. 7th, 2004, Page 4 Prominent Iranian philosopher Dr Abdolkarim Soroush takes the elections seriously because he believes in democratic moves. He, however, says one can hold either a positive or negative view of democratic moves. The renowned university professor is of the view that the next parliaments will not […]
An interview with Abdolkarim Soroush by Sa’id Ra’i for the Iranian Labour News Agency January 2004 Q. Dr Soroush, you have been away from Iran for some time and we have been deprived. The fact of the matter is, when we look at your works over the past one or two years, we see a […]
By: Forough Jahanbakhsh There has been no major revolution in modern history without intellectuals; conversely there has been no major counterrevolutionary movement without intellectuals. —Edward Said, Presentations of the Intellectual Intellectual history is an elusive subject. How does one define it? What issues exactly does it address? Who is an intellectual? When and where exactly […]
