Ahmad Sadri is an Iranian sociologist, author, and translator. He is the James P. Gorter Professor of

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ic World Studies and Professor of

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. He is the twin brother and collaborator of

Mahmoud Sadri Mahmoud Sadri is an Iranian sociologist. He is the twin brother of Ahmad Sadri. He graduated with his master's degree in Sociology as well as a Baccalauréat qualification from the University of Tehran in 1976 and 1974 respectively. He then earned ...

Biography

Ahmad Sadri (c. 1954) was born in Iran. He received a

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and

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in Sociology from

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and a MS and PhD from the

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in New York. He is an active member of the reform movement in Iran. In August 2014, Sadri was arrested in Iran for propaganda against the state and collaboration with enemies of the state, which hold a one and five year prison sentence, respectively. He was released on bail his first night at Evin Prison after hours of interrogation but was grounded in Iran for 40 days before his passport was returned. During this time, he continued to be interrogated by the Ministry of Justice. He returned to the United States and resumed his teaching duties at Lake Forest College in December.

Career

Sadri joined the Sociology and Anthropology department at Lake Forest College in 1998 and was named the James P. Gorter Professor of

ic World Studies in 2007. He has written articles in English, Persian, and Arabic for scholarly journals and editorials in the popular press, such as " Daily Star" of

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. In the United States, he has appeared many times in public forums and in the media. He was on an advisory board member of the

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(NIAC). He resigned from NIAC on 01/07/2022.

Books

* ''Max Weber's Sociology of Intellectuals'', New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. (English) * ''Apocalypse Tomorrow and other Essays: Investigations in Sociologies of Religion and Politics'', Translated to Persian by Amirhossein Teymoori, Kavir Press, Tehran, March, 2007. * ''The Necessity of Reviving The Concept of Civilization in Social Sciences'', Tehran: Hermes and Center for the Dialogue of Civilizations, 2001. (Persian).

Books translated

* ''Saddam City'' by

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, London, Saqi Books, 2004. Translated from Arabic. * ''Reason, Freedom and Democracy in Islam: Essays by Abdolkarim Soroush'', New York, Oxford University Press 2000, Co-translated from Persian with

. * '' Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings'' by Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Quantuck Lane Press, 2013. Translated from Persian.

References

External links

Faculty websiteSadri participated in a panel discussion, ''Iran: The Next Military Frontier?''
in 2007 at the

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