Iranian thinker
Shahram Ettefagh
Shahram EttefaghPolitical EconomyIranianb. 1965
"Achieving sustainable development can become a shared aspiration of all the people of this land."
Life and Thought
Shahram Ettefagh is an Iranian researcher, author, and translator in the fields of political economy and the political economy of the environment. His writings examine the connections between economics, capitalism, the state, markets, energy, and environmental crises, approaching environmental issues through a social and political framework.
Shahram Ettefagh is a researcher in political economy and the political economy of the environment. His work primarily focuses on the relationship between economics, capitalism, class, energy, the state, markets, and environmental crises. In his writings, the environment is not merely a technical or managerial issue; rather, it is understood as a social, class-based, and political question. This means examining how the destruction of nature, climate change, energy, and pollution are connected to modes of production, ownership, markets, and relations of power.
Ettefagh is among the few Persian-language writers who have written consistently on the political economy of the environment. On the one hand, he has introduced theories in this field, and on the other, he has addressed critiques of these theories, the relationship between class and the environment, and the capitalism–socialism debate regarding solutions to environmental crises. His listed works in book and article databases include writings on environmental economics, climate change, capitalism, social class, and energy.
His research path began with engineering and industry and later developed toward economics and politics.
Bibliography
Writings and transcribed lectures9 titles
Class and the Environment
"Political Economy of the Environment", Volume One: An Introduction to Theories
"Political Economy of the Environment", Volume Two: A Critique of Theories
"Class and Environment: On Class Theories and Environmental Issues in the Political Economy of the Environment"
“The Environment: Capitalism or Socialism?”
"Climate Change and the Market Economy: Essays on the Political Economy of the Environment"
“Four Readings of Tabatabai”
"CNG Tank Lion"
"Periodic Inspection of Compressed Natural Gas Tanks"
