Manuchehr Jamali (7 January 1929–5 July 2012) was a dissident
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
philosopher
A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...
and
poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...
. He is best known for his exposition and analysis of the
Shahnameh
The ''Shahnameh'' or ''Shahnama'' ( fa, شاهنامه, Šāhnāme, lit=The Book of Kings, ) is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,00 ...
of
Ferdowsi
Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi ( fa, ; 940 – 1019/1025 CE), also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi (), was a Persians, Persian poet and the author of ''Shahnameh'' ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poetry, epic poems created by a sin ...
and his research about the ancient Iranian mythology. Burgwinkel has reviewed his works and the developments of his thoughts and philosophical ideas.
[Burgwinkel, Bea (2007) Manuchehr Jamali, The Obstinate Iranian Thinker, available a]
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Works
* ''Das Denken beginnt mit dem Lachen: die unsterbliche Kultur des Iran'' (Thinking begins with laughter: the immortal culture of Iran), 2009 co-authored with Gita Yegane Arani-May
References
External links
Jamali.info
Official website
Kurmali Press
List of book publications
Exposition by M. Jamali about Rumi: How Molavi Balkhi's (Rumi) thinking takes its roots in the Iranian culture of female deitiesThe Other Iran
Ressources by Manuchehr Jamali in English and German.
1929 births
2012 deaths
Iranian writers
20th-century Iranian philosophers
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