Reza Davari Ardakani ( fa, رضا داوری اردکانی; born 6 July 1933, in
Ardakan) is an Iranian philosopher who was influenced by
Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger (; ; 26 September 188926 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He is among the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th ce ...
, and a distinguished emeritus professor of philosophy at the
University of Tehran
The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...
. He is also the current president of the
Iranian Academy of Sciences
The Academy of Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran ( fa, فرهنگستان علوم جمهوری اسلامی ایران) was established in 1988. It is one of the four academies of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The other three are: Iranian ...
. He is known for his works on criticism of the
Western Culture
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and thought.
Life
Davari received primary and secondary education in Arkadan, and after leaving school became a teacher in 1951. In 1954, he entered the
University of Tehran
The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...
as an undergraduate, gaining a
BA and in 1967 a
PhD in
philosophy there.
[Şerif Mardi, ''Cultural transitions in the Middle East'', 1994, BRILL, p. 238.] He is currently a
professor
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of philosophy at Tehran University. From 1979 to 1981, he was
dean
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Titles
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at the
faculty of
literature
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and
humanities
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, University of Tehran, and the head of Iranian National Commission for
UNESCO
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from 1979 to 1982. Davari was the
editor-in-chief
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of ''
Farhang Journal''.
Davari and
Abdolkarim Soroush
Abdolkarim Soroush ( ; born Hossein Haj Faraj Dabbagh (born 1945; fa, حسين حاج فرج دباغ), is an Iranian Islamic thinker, reformer, Rumi scholar, public intellectual, and a former professor of phil ...
have engaged in a series of philosophical debates in post-revolutionary Iran.
[Jacques Waardenburg, ''Muslims and others'', 2003, Walter de Gruyter, pp. 491–2]
See also
*
Intellectual movements in Iran
References
External links
Reza Davari Ardakani's official website
People from Ardakan
University of Tehran alumni
University of Tehran faculty
1933 births
Living people
Islamic Azad University faculty
Heidegger scholars
Philosophy academics
Existentialists
20th-century Iranian philosophers
21st-century Iranian philosophers
Philosophers of culture
Continental philosophers
Phenomenologists
Philosophers of nihilism
Recipients of the Order of Knowledge
Farabi scholars
Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame recipients in Philosophy
Faculty of Letters and Humanities of the University of Tehran alumni
Academy of Sciences of Iran members
Distinguished professors in Iran
Distinguished professors of philosophy
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