Iranian Philosophers on the Internet

This time we introduce the websites and blogs of Iranian philosophers.

Two points are worth recalling: first, we only refer here to the websites and blogs of philosophers, and we are not concerned with their Facebook presence. And second, it might be objected that in contemporary Iran we do not have philosophers in the sense of someone possessing an independent, theoretical system of thought and an original idea; while noting and accepting this point, what we mean by philosopher here are teachers of philosophy.

Iranian Philosophers on the Internet:

Bijan Abdolkarimi is a non-Fardidian Heideggerian. The site is run by his admirers and covers his activities and prominent presence in the media space very well.

Musa Akrami is a philosopher of science and political philosopher who has a prominent presence in the print media space, and this presence is well reflected on his blog.

Seyyed Javad Tabatabai Every once in a while, Javad Tabatabai comes into the spotlight with his controversial interviews, in which he usually sharply criticizes Iranian intellectuals. The blog 'Ancient and Modern' is run by a group of his admirers (I believe Mr. Nasiri) and publishes news, articles, and interviews related to him.

Mohammad Mansour Hashemi is a young philosopher whose main concern is thinking about the thinkers and intellectuals of contemporary Iran, particularly the two groups he calls identity-thinkers (Fardid and the Fardidians) and modernist religion-thinkers (religious intellectualism). On his website, titled 'We Are Few in Number,' he has established a good connection with his audience, and one can access his interviews, notes, and articles in his fields of interest.

Dariush Ashouri is an Iranian linguist, philosopher, and intellectual, best known for his dictionary of specialized vocabulary and his translations of Nietzsche's works. Although his blog is updated infrequently, it covers material related to him.

Seyyed Hossein Nasr is an Iranian traditionalist philosopher who is also considered one of the living philosophers in the West. However, his website has two major drawbacks: first, it does not have a Persian version, and second, there are many lecture courses available on the site that would delight enthusiasts, but unfortunately, they are in English and sold on CD, and are not downloadable.

Mehdi Fadaei Mehrabani is a young professor of political thought at the University of Tehran, whose studies focus on mystical political thought, and his thinker of interest is Henry Corbin; he has published three books in these fields so far. The blog is run by himself, and you can access his notes and interviews.

Mohammad Ali Moradi is one of the lesser-known philosophers among us, but his presence in the virtual space is excellent. He completed his master's and doctorate in Germany, and there are good articles and materials on his website that can be used by those interested.

Mohammad Saeed Hanaei Kashani is an instructor at Shahid Beheshti University, whom most people know for his famous translation on hermeneutics, which was probably one of the first translations on this subject. He also has a good personal blog and reflects his activities well in the virtual space.

Mehdi Akhavan On the website of this young philosophy professor at Allameh Tabatabai University, who works mostly in the field of ethics, you can access course materials, as well as articles, bibliographies, news related to him, and more.