Iranian thinker
Alireza Beheshti
Alireza BeheshtiPolitical Philosophy and MulticulturalismIranian
Life and Thought
Alireza Beheshti is a researcher in political philosophy, a faculty member at Tarbiat Modares University, and one of the active figures in the field of contemporary political thought in Iran. In his works, he has addressed tolerance, social justice, multiculturalism, Western political thought, and a re-reading of the thought of Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti.
Seyed Alireza Hosseini Beheshti was born in 1962 in Qom. He is the son of Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti and, after studying in Iran, completed a master's degree in political philosophy at the University of York in England and a PhD in political philosophy at the University of Hull. The main focus of his studies and research is political thought, political philosophy, and multicultural politics.
After returning to Iran, Beheshti joined the faculty of Tarbiat Modares University, where he taught and conducted research in the fields of political science and political philosophy. He also founded and managed the Foundation for the Publication of the Works and Thoughts of Martyr Ayatollah Dr. Beheshti to organize his father's works. His record also includes academic, cultural, and political activities.
His works include "Theoretical Dimensions of the Problem of Tolerance," "Epistemological Foundations of the Theory of Social Justice," "Theoretical Foundations of Politics in Multicultural Societies," "Essays on Understanding Contemporary Western Political Thought," a translation of John Gray's "Liberalism," "Tolerance in the Religions of Iran-Zamin," "Approach and Method in Political Science," and "Coexistence of Unity and Difference." The common thread in these works is attention to the relationship between freedom, justice, tolerance, political rationality, and the possibility of coexistence in a pluralistic society.
