I think that in the "city" we are always inside everyday life. This life dominates us to the same extent that it is at our disposal; there are only moments when one can stand still and look at it.
Life and Thought
Amin Bozorgian is an Iranian sociologist and writer who has worked on political sociology, social movements, and the analysis of everyday life in Iran. He is among the writers and analysts who have examined collective experience, social protest, and the relationship between the city, politics, and social action.
Amin Bozorgian, an Iranian sociologist and writer, was born in 1361 (1982). He began his intellectual and journalistic activity at a young age and, during the 2000s, was active in Iran's reformist and independent press. He served as editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Golestan-e Iran," which was launched in 1381 (2002) and was later shut down following judicial and political pressure. Bozorgian also faced legal trouble in connection with student activism of that period and spent time in prison.
A significant part of his writing and research is devoted to analyzing social movements, political protests, the condition of marginalized groups, and the lived experience of Iranian citizens. Working from a sociological perspective shaped by the tradition of critical theory—particularly Walter Benjamin's ideas on urban wandering (flânerie) and city experience—he has examined concepts such as the street, the body, the city, social exhaustion, political participation, and social transformation in Iran.
Among his best-known works are "Street Ideas: Writings on the Body, the City, and Everyday Life," "The Movement of the Exhausted: An Introduction to the Condition of the Dispossessed in Iran Today," and "Redemption in the Street: A Sociological Chronicle of the Green Movement from 1388 to 1398 (2009–2019)." In these works, Bozorgian seeks to explain the relationship between people's everyday experiences, urban transformation, and new forms of collective action. He has also published articles and essays on political and social issues in Iran and the Middle East, and currently resides in France.