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Abdolkarim Soroush | |
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| عبدالكريم سروش | |
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| Born | Hossein Haj Faraj Dabbagh 16 December 1945 |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy Islamic philosophy |
| School | Irfan, Islam, religious intellectualism, Persian literature |
Main interests | Philosophy of religion Social and political philosophy |
Abdolkarim Soroush (عبدالكريم سروش () Persian pronunciation: [æbdolkæriːm soruːʃ]), born Hossein Haj Faraj Dabbagh[1] (born 16 December 1945; Persian: حسين حاج فرج دباغ), is an Iranian Islamic thinker, reformer, Rumi scholar, public intellectual, and a former professor of philosophy at the University of Tehran.[2] He is among the most influential figures in the religious intellectual movement of Iran. Soroush is currently a visiting scholar at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. He was also affiliated with other institutions, including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, the Leiden-based International Institute as a visiting professor[3] for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM) and the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin. He was named by Time magazine as one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2005, and by Prospect magazine as one of the most influential intellectuals in the world in 2008.[4] Soroush's ideas, founded on relativism, prompted both supporters and critics to compare his role in reforming Islam to that of Martin Luther in reforming Christianity.[5][6]
- ^ Dahlén 2003, chpt. 6a.
- ^ Iran Newspaper Archived June 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Iranian Philosopher Abdolkarim Soroush Named Distinguished Visiting Scholar at John W. Kluge Center". Library of Congress.
- ^ Library of Congress
- ^ Middle East Contemporary Survey ... – Google Books
- ^ An introduction to Islam – Google Books