Iranian thinker
Mahboubeh Paknia
Mahboubeh PakniaPolitical Science and Gender StudiesIranian
Life and Thought
Mahboubeh Paknia, born in 1964 in Isfahan, is an assistant professor of political science at the Central Tehran Branch of Islamic Azad University. She received her PhD from the University of Toulouse in France and conducts research in the fields of feminism, gender studies, and political thought. Her well-known book is The Domination of Sex.
Mahboubeh Paknia was born in 1964 in Isfahan. She received her BA in political science from the University of Tehran in 1988, her MA in 1993, and her PhD in 2001 from the University of Toulouse in France. She is currently an assistant professor in the Faculty of Political Science at the Central Tehran Branch of Islamic Azad University.
Her main research area is gender studies, feminism, and political thought. The book The Domination of Sex, co-authored with Morteza Mardiha, examines the connection between feminism and various philosophical schools, including liberalism, romanticism, existentialism, and the New Left. Paknia has published numerous articles on topics such as the representation of gender in literature, the writing tradition of Iranian women, the politicization of the gender issue in Tunisia, and the impact of new media on women's political participation.
Bibliography
Writings and transcribed lectures1 title
The Reign of Sex
Authors: Mahboubeh Paknia, Morteza Mardiha
