Bijan Abdolkarimi
Bijan Abdolkarimi | |
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| بیژن عبدالکریمی | |
| Born | 1963 (age 61–62) Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation(s) | Philosopher, Writer, Poet, Translator |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University (Ph.D.), University of Tehran (B.A. and M.A.) |
| Thesis | The Critique of Kantian Subjectivism (A Heideggerian Perspective) (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Syed Abdul Sayeed |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 21st century Philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Continental |
| Main interests | Critique of the Western Culture and Thought Existential phenomenology |
| Notable ideas | Nietzscheian World, End of Theology |
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.