Reza Gholami, Faculty Member, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies Introduction This essay is not written to advocate for any specific theory but from a
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(A Comparative Study on the Nature of Self-Consciousness) Reza Gholami, Faculty Member, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies Introduction The question of the “conscious self”
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“A symbol of life, flow, and connection among cultures” Speech by Dr. Reza Gholami at the “Tao of Water” Exhibition Good afternoon everyone. It is
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Speech by Dr. Reza Gholami, Senior Lecturer in Political Philosophy, Cultural and Civilizational Studies, and Iran’s Cultural Counselor in Austria, at the event “A Message
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Modern humanity is ensnared in a strange and intricate vortex of its own making, yet it lacks the power to control it. Once the creator
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The text of Speech by Dr. Reza Gholami at the Academic Seminar “Islam and Iran: A Reciprocal Relationship” Reflections on Morteza Motahhari’s Book the Reciprocal
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(A Deeper Look at Dr. Mehdi Golshani’s Perspective) Speech by Dr. Reza Gholami, Faculty Member of the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, at the
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“and a new interpretation of the advent of Imam Mahdi (the awaited Savior) in in Shia Islam” By Reza Gholami Professor of Political Philosophy,
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Dr. Reza Gholami, Member of faculty at Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies The Distorted Dream Modernity began with a promise that remains captivating: the
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Reza Gholami Jul 30, 2025 The killing of over 60,000 people in Gaza—most of them women and children—under the pretext of Israel’s right to
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