Javad Tabatabai
Writer, Person
1945 –
Who is Javad Tabatabai?
Javad Tabatabai Is born in Tabriz in 1945. He is Professor Emeritus and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Tehran. After pursuing studies in theology, law and philosophy, he earned his PhD in political philosophy from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, with a dissertation on Hegel’s political philosophy. He has been a guest fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, as well as at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at Syracuse University. Dr Tabatabai has published a dozen books on the history of political ideas in Europe and Iran. On 14 July 1995, he was decorated as a Knight of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques.
Tabatabai's ideas about modernity have similarities with the nation-building policies of Pahlavi era in Iran. This has infuriated those who advocate decentralization and more autonomy for ethnical minorities. His most recent interview has caused heated debates in political circles.
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