Iranian thinker
Sherwin Vakili
Sherwin VakiliHistorical SociologyIranianb. 1974
Life and Thought
Shervin Vakili (born 1974) is an Iranian author, researcher, sociologist, historian, mythologist, and theorist. He is the director of the Historical Sociology Group at the Iranian Sociological Association.
Shervin Vakili, born August 30, 1974, is an Iranian author, researcher, sociologist, historian, mythologist, and theorist. He studied biology and sociology, earning a master's degree in zoology with a focus on neurophysiology and a master's degree in cultural sociology from the University of Tehran, and a PhD in political sociology from Allameh Tabataba'i University. Vakili has also been active in education, research, civic engagement, and public writing, and is the director of the Historical Sociology Group at the Iranian Sociological Association.
The central focus of Vakili's work is complex systems theory, historical sociology, Iranian identity, mythology, the history of Iranian civilization, evolution, neuroscience, philosophy, and literature. His theoretical framework, known as the Zurvan perspective, seeks to explain the relationship between the 'self,' institution, power, culture, time, and history within a systemic framework. He is an advocate for redefining Iranian identity and paying attention to the historical and cultural continuity of Iranzamin.
Bibliography
Writings and transcribed lectures39 titles
Complex Systems Theory
The Theory of Dispositions
Theory of Power
Modeling Cultural Change Using Complex Systems Theory
The Sociology of Jokes and Laughter
The Cup of Jamshid of Zurvan
Sociology of the History of Place
History of Cyrus the Great
Dariush Dadgar
Cyrus the Liberator
Political History of the Parthian Empire
History of the Institution in the Sasanian Era
The History of Iranian Races
History of Iranian Peoples in the Pre-Islamic Era
History of Iranian Peoples in the Contemporary Era
Iran: The Civilization of Roads
Mythology of Iranian Heroes
The Myth of Joseph and the Legend of Zulaikha
Mythology of the Night Sky
Mythology of the Iranian Gods
Zend Gahan
A History of Ionian Reason
Deconstructing the Myth of Plato
Buddhist Wisdom
The Anatomy of Consciousness
The Anatomy of Knowledge
Creativity
The Sleeping Brain: The Psychology and Physiology of Sleep and Dreams
The Neuroscience of Pleasure
Human Evolution
Mardosh
Saoshyant
Jam-e Jamshid
The Way of the Warrior
Dasein
Jam
Frashokereti
Utopia
The Eight Fates of Bahram
