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Title: Abd al-Karīm Surūsh lectures
Dates: 2001
Collection Number: 2002C29
Creator: Surūsh, 'Abd al-Karīm
Collection Size:
10 phonotape cassettes (1 manuscript box)
(0.4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Sound recordings of lectures, relating to political and philosophical aspects of Islam.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
Persian
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], 'Abd al-Karīm Surūsh lectures, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2002.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
'Abd al-Karīm Surūsh was born Hassan Haj-Faraj Dabbagh in Tehran, Iran, in 1945. He graduated from the University of Tehran
in 1969 with a degree in pharmacology. Soon after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, he was appointed to the Cultural Revolution
Council by Ayatollah Khomeini. He resigned from this position in 1983. Until 1996, Dr. Surūsh was a professor of philosophy
at Tehran University. His writings and lectures have focused on different aspects of culture and religion, including the
role of religion in government, Rumi poetry, and freedom and democracy in Islam. 'Abd al-Karīm Surūsh is regarded as one of
post-revolutionary Iran's most eminent religious intellectuals. He has also been a visiting professor at a number of universities,
including Columbia, Yale, Princeton, and Stanford.
Sources:
Ghamari-Tabrizi, Behrooz. "Abd al-Karim Sorush."
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World. Ed. Richard C. Martin. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 23 Apr. 2012.
Columbia School of International and Public Affairs Faculty Directories. http://sipa.columbia.edu/academics/directory/hd2202-fac.html
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains 10 compact sound cassette recordings of lectures by 'Abd al-Karīm Surūsh in the United States relating
to political and philosophical aspects of Islam.
Content of recordings may not exactly match the labels.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Islam and state
Islamic philosophy.