Ramin Jahanbegloo
The writer is Noor-York Chair in Islamic Studies, York University, Toronto.
Tue, Nov 24, 2020
For Mishima, suicide was both an aesthetic and a heroic action. He considered true beauty as an erotic and sensual expression of death.
Tue, Nov 10, 2020
Religions are not only about our beliefs but about what we do with our beliefs
Fri, Oct 02, 2020
The Gandhian appeal to the ethical in politics was not only a way to seek Truth, but also of coming to know oneself in ever-greater depth. The Gandhian effort for non-violent politics was a cultivation of one’s capacity for ethical citizenship.
Tue, Sep 08, 2020
Though the normalisation agreement between the UAE and Israel has elicited a frenzy of media coverage, its impact on Iranian politics will depend on two other factors, which are the result of the presidential election in the United States and the outcome of Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial.
Mon, Jun 15, 2020
Today, more than 50 years after Malcolm X’s assassination, the destiny of Black Americans remains divided between the two dreams of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King.
Wed, Apr 08, 2020
If the pandemic continues, the Iranian conservatives, represented by the clerics and the Revolutionary Guards, will have to open up spaces for dialogue and hold consultations with the country’s professional classes. The government has already failed to respond adequately by not paying heed to the opinions of experts.
Wed, Feb 26, 2020
It goes without saying that the consolidation of power by Iranian hardliners will open a new chapter of illiberalism and state violence in Iranian politics.
Sun, Feb 16, 2020
An original thinker, George Steiner’s mark on our intellectual scene is indelible.
Tue, Feb 04, 2020
At the end of the day, even an ideologically-oriented country like Iran needs a breakthrough with the Donald Trump administration if regional calm is to be restored. Maybe this is the key to understanding the geopolitics of the new Middle East.
Fri, Jan 10, 2020
The assassination has come at a time when the Iranian regime is facing unprecedented social unrest. It faces a huge legitimacy crisis because of the massacre of nearly a thousand people during the popular uprisings of November 2019.
Mon, Dec 30, 2019
Today, Indians have to choose between the Gandhian paradigm of civic nationalism or a second assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
Thu, Nov 28, 2019
Let us not forget that the strategies of non-violent resistance, dissent and non-cooperation suggested by Havel were presented by him as different ontological modes of living within truth. They became successful in 1989 by echoing an ethical dimension of politics in all of Eastern Europe.
Wed, Oct 02, 2019
As the Gandhian moment of Catalonia is showing the world, democracy is not only about institutions, law-making and carrying on governmental administration by means of popular suffrage and elected officers.
Mon, Sep 23, 2019
His best known work, Being and Time (Sein und Zeit), although notoriously difficult and complex, is generally considered to be the most important philosophical work of the 20th century.
Sat, Aug 17, 2019
The world needs another Woodstock and all that it stood for.
Mon, Jul 29, 2019
Like the iconic cartoon mouse, Iran is using brinkmanship, asymmetrical military tactics against the US
Mon, Jun 17, 2019
A decade later, the peaceful Green Movement continues to inspire Iranians worldwide.
Mon, May 20, 2019
The million-dollar question is: How can Iran defuse one of this era’s most serious crises?
Thu, May 02, 2019
Iran has no way to impose economic sanctions on the US and its allies in the Middle East. But its militias and proxies can retaliate to any military provocation from the US or Israel.
Tue, Apr 02, 2019
Now there is a strong feeling among the Algerians that even if the state is controlled by a few individuals, they have the power to bring down the government.
Wed, Mar 06, 2019
The resignation of Iran’s foreign minister, Javad Zarif, is a setback for reforms in the Islamic republic
Wed, Feb 13, 2019
Forty years after the Islamic Revolution, Iran’s regime is increasingly challenged by its people.
Mon, Dec 17, 2018
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948, holds lessons for a more equitable future.
Thu, Nov 15, 2018
New US sanctions can hurt Iran. But they also risk alienating young Iranians from America
Sat, Oct 20, 2018
The global movement is the unfinished business of the 21st century