Bijan Abdolkarimi (Persian: بیژن عبدالکریمی; born 1963) is an Iranian philosopher, thinker, translator, and editor.
His main interests are ontology, political philosophy and the critique of religious and intellectual traditions. He claims to challenge the dominant ideological discourse in Iran. He has participated in debates at Iranian universities and also in IRIB TV4 in which he has opposed the notion of Islamic humanities. He is also a scholar of Heidegger's thought and philosophy.
Bijan Abdolkarimi | |
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بیژن عبدالکریمی | |
Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Tehran, Iran |
Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University (Ph.D.), University of Tehran (B.A. and M.A.) |
Occupation(s) | Philosopher, Writer, Poet, Translator |
Era | 21st century Philosophy |
Region | Western Philosophy |
School | Continental |
Thesis | The Critique of Kantian Subjectivism (A Heideggerian Perspective) (2001) |
Doctoral advisor | Syed Abdul Sayeed |
Main interests | Critique of the Western Culture and Thought Existential phenomenology |
Notable ideas | Nietzscheian World, End of Theology |
Abdolkarimi is associate professor of philosophy at Islamic Azad University North Tehran Branch since 2001. On September 4, 2021, he was fired from Islamic Azad University for alleged “defending the Pahlavi monarchy”. However, the expulsion was suspended on the basis of an interim measure granted by the President of the university.
The main characteristics of Abdolkarimi's thought may be summarized as follows:
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