Ramin Jahanbegloo is professor in the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto, and previously Rajni Kothari professor of democracy at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in Delhi. He is a member of the advisory board of PEN Canada, and was awarded the peace prize of the United Nations Association in Spain (2009) for his extensive academic works in promoting dialogue between cultures and his advocacy for non-violence. His books include India Revisited: Conversations on Contemporary India (Oxford University Press, 2007), and (as editor) Civil Society and Democracy in Iran (Lexington Press, 2011). His website is here
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The Dalai Lama's impending retirement symbolises an important transition in the life of Tibet's political-national...
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Published in: HomeThe new middle east: a civic revolution
The democratic wave sweeping the Arab world, and shared by Iran, opens a new agenda for the civic activists who...
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Published in: HomeThe new middle east: intellectuals and democracy
The change that is unfolding across the middle east places an especial responsibility on intellectuals to think...
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