Life and Thought
Mohammad Mehdi Mojahedi is a researcher of political thought, human rights, and Islam and modernity studies, and an assistant professor at the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies. His research focuses on the relationship between religion and politics, pluralism, and the critique of culturalism.
Mohammad Mehdi Mojahedi is a researcher of political thought, political philosophy, human rights, and Islam and modernity studies, and serves as an assistant professor at the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies. He received his PhD in political thought in 2005 from the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, completed a master's degree in theology and political science at Imam Sadiq University, and subsequently studied law and public policy at University College London.
Mojahedi has held academic positions at various universities and research centers in Europe and Iran, including the University of Cambridge, the University of Amsterdam, Leiden University, Freie Universität Berlin, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, and the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study. His work focuses on the relationship between religion and politics, human rights, pluralism, tolerance, justice, secularism, political violence, and the critique of culturalism.
Mojahedi works at the intersection of political philosophy, Islamic political thought, human rights, and contemporary theories of justice. A significant portion of his writings and lectures is devoted to critiquing simplistic dichotomies between the "religious" and the "secular," challenging culturalism in the analysis of violence, and re-examining concepts such as tolerance, justice, and dialogue.
