Dariush Shayegan facts for kids
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داریوش شایگان
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Shaygan in 2013
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| Born | 24 January 1935 Tabriz, Iran
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| Died | 22 March 2018 (aged 83) Tehran, Iran
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| Occupation | Philosopher and former University Professor |
Dariush Shayegan (Persian: داریوش شایگان; 24 January 1935 – 22 March 2018) was an important thinker from Iran and the Near East. He was known for his ideas about how different cultures, especially Eastern and Western ones, could understand each other.
Life and Education
Dariush Shayegan was born in Tabriz, Iran. His father was from Azerbaijan and his mother was from Georgia. He went to boarding school in Great Britain when he was a teenager. Later, he lived in Geneva, where he studied French literature, philosophy, and political science.
He also studied Sanskrit, an ancient language from India. Shayegan then went to Sorbonne University in Paris, France, to continue his studies. He became a professor at the Tehran University, teaching about Indian religions and Sanskrit. Besides his native Persian, he could write in French and English. He also spoke Georgian, Russian, and Turkish very well.
Ideas and Contributions
Shayegan wrote many important books about how Eastern and Western cultures are different and how they can talk to each other. He believed it was important for different ways of thinking to have a "dialogue," meaning they should communicate and learn from each other.
He helped start the Iranian Center for the Studies of Civilizations in 1977. This center worked on bringing different cultures together for discussions. In 2009, he received the first Global Dialogue Prize. This award honored his great work in helping cultures understand each other better.
Death
Dariush Shayegan passed away on 22 March 2018, in Tehran, Iran. He was 83 years old.
Works
Here are some of Dariush Shayegan's main books:
- Hindouisme et Soufisme, une lecture du «Confluent des Deux Océans»
- Qu'est-ce qu'une révolution religieuse?
- Le regard mutilé, Schizophrénie culturelle : pays traditionnels face à la modernité (also known as Cultural Schizophrenia, Islamic Societies Confronting the West)
- Henry Corbin, La topographie spirituelle de l'Islam iranien
- Les illusions de l'identité
- Sous les ciels du monde, Entretiens avec Ramin Jahanbegloo
- Au-delà du miroir, Diversité culturelle et unité des valeurs
- La lumière vient de l'Occident, Le réenchantement du monde et la pensée nomade
- Terre de mirages
See also
- Intellectual Movements in Iran
- Iranian Studies
- Persian philosophy
- Henri Corbin
- Daryoush Ashouri
- Aydin Aghdashloo
- List of University of Tehran people
