Abdolkarim soroush biography definition

PERSONAL:

Born 1945, in Tehran, Iran. Education: Earned a degree in pharmacy in Iran; graduated from University of London (analytical chemistry); attended Chelsea College (history, philosophy of science).

ADDRESSES:

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CAREER:

Educator, Iranian scholar.

Laboratory for Food Products, Toiletries, and Sanitary Materials, Bushehr, Iran, director; Teacher Training College, Tehran, Iran, director of Islamic Culture Group; Institute for Cultural Studies, researcher; Tehran Academy of Philosophy, professor of ethics.

Imam Sadeq Mosque, Tehran, lecturer; Tehran University, instructor; Harvard University, visiting professor. Military service: Served two years in the Iranian army..

WRITINGS:

Reason, Freedom, and Democracy in Islam: Essential Writings of Abdolkarim Soroush, translated and edited by Mahmoud Sadri and Ahmad Sadri, Oxford University Press (New York,