Iranian thinker
Saleh Najafi
Saleh NajafiPhilosophy, Art Criticism, and Cinema StudiesIranian
Life and Thought
Saleh Najafi, born 1975 in Tehran, is a researcher, writer, translator, and lecturer in the fields of philosophy, art, and cinema. He is known in the Persian intellectual sphere for translating and introducing thinkers from continental philosophy, critical theory, psychoanalysis, and cinema studies.
Saleh Najafi is an Iranian researcher and translator whose work primarily lies at the intersection of philosophy, critical theory, art, and cinema. Born in Tehran, he has worked in areas such as twentieth-century European philosophy, French philosophy, the Frankfurt School, psychoanalysis, the critique of ideology, and cinema studies.
Najafi is one of the most prolific translators of philosophical and theoretical texts in Iran. His translations include works by Alain Badiou, Giorgio Agamben, Søren Kierkegaard, Josh Cohen, John D. Caputo, and other contemporary thinkers. His translations and writings have played a significant role in introducing discussions of continental philosophy, critical theory, and the relationship between philosophy, art, and the image.
Alongside translation, Saleh Najafi has also been active in film criticism and the philosophy of film. The series "Film as Philosophy" is among his well-known works, which, by focusing on the possibility of philosophical thinking through cinema, has distinguished his position among writers and lecturers in the field of the philosophy of art.
