Seyed Javad Miri, an Irano-Swedish social theorist, was born into a Turkish-Russian family in northwestern Iran in the city of Tabriz and moved to Sweden in his teens. He is a visiting professor in human sciences and philosophy at the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies as well as University of Sharif in Tehran, Iran. He is also editor of The Islamic Perspective Journal. He founded the World Association of Allama Jafari Studies in 2014 in the USA. The association is devoted to revive the discourse of contemporary Iranian wisdom philosophers in US and Europe. The target of this association is to prepare books, articles and even courses for the academics and students of humanities who are interested in alternative discourses in social sciences and humanities. Miri received his bachelor and master degrees at Goteborg University in Sweden and then moved in 1998 to England where he got his doctoral degree in collaboration with Gregor McLennan at Bristol University in the department of sociology. There he worked on the question of social theory based on an intercivilizational dialogue by comparing the sacred and secular intellectual traditions in the works of Ali Shariati and Allama Iqbal (from the primordial intellectual tradition) and Giddens and Goffman (from the modernist intellectual tradition). He has been teaching and living since 2004 in China, Russia and currently working in Tehran. He has published several books and over 50 articles both in the U.S. and U.K. on various issues related to social theory, philosophy and religion from a transcendental point of departure. He is married and has two sons (Seyed Mohsen Pasha) and (Seyed Morteza Yashar).
Seyed Javad Miri
Publications/Editions
1. History of Social Theory in the light of intercivilizational Perspective: Perennial Questions and Modern Answers. Xlibris: USA 2003.
2. ‘Is it a World-System we live within or a Military World-State? A chapter published in Unveiling The Real Terrorist Mind, Edited by Nadia Batool Ahmad and et. al. in 2002 by Xlibris in USA.
3. Scientific Thought in the Balance of Religious Reflection. Xlibris: USA, 2003.
4. Transcendentalism and Other Essays. Xlibris: USA, 2003.
5. Intercivilizational Social Theory: Complementarity and Contradiction in the Muslim and Western Intellectual Traditions: A comparison between four intellectual discourses of Giddens, Goffman, Iqbal and Shariati. 2007.
6. Social Theory Deconstructed?Religion between Developmental and Authenticity discourses. Xlibris: USA, 2004.
7. Social Theory in the Balance of intercivilizational dialogue: A brief anthology of Chinese intellectual thought. Published by London Academy of Iranian Studies, United Kingdom, 2006.
8.Unknown Ku-Hung Ming: Rediscovering the Confucian Intellectual Tradition. Published by London Academy of Iranian Studies, United Kingdom, 2006.
9.Reflections on Sporadic Episodes of Modernity: Particular random issues within metatheory of secular hegemony. Published by LondonAcademy of Iranian Studies, United Kingdom, 2006.
10. Siberian Letters: Reflections on issues in sociology, theology, philosophy and geo-politics. Published by Xlibris: USA, 2007.
11, Reflections on the philosophy of Imam Musa Sadr. Published by Xlibris: USA, 2007.
12. Sociological Relevance of Primordial School of Social Theory: Revisiting the sociological relevance of Morteza Muttahari and Seyed M. H. Beheshti. Published by Xlibris: USA, 2009.
13. Sociological Imagination in Sadrian Paradigm: Probing into issues of religion and humanities. Published by Xlibris: USA, 2009.
14. Goffman and Giddens in Balance of Intercivilizational Existentialicism. Published by Lambert Academic Publishing: Germany, 2009.
15. Giddens and Structuration Theory. Published by Lambert Academic Publishing: Germany, 2009.
16. Reflections on the Social Thought of Allama M. T. Jafari: Rediscovering Sociological Relevance of Primordial School of Social Theory. Published by University Press of America, 2010.
17. Reflections on Erich Fromm: Probing into issues of Psychoanalysis, Sociology, Philosophy and Religion. Published by London Academy of Iranian Studies: London, 2010.
18. Social Theory, Religion and Critical Discourses: Critical Theory in the Postmodern Globe. Published by Lambert Academic Publishing: Germany, 2011.
19. Alternative Sociology: Probing into the Sociological Thought of Allama M. T. Jafari. Published by London Academy of Iranian Studies Press, 2012.
20. Current Changes in North Caucasia and its impact upon Iranian National Security. Published by Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran: Iran, 2014.
21. Tatarstan and its importance for Irano-Islamic Civilization. Published by International Peace Studies Centre, 2012.
22. The Global Future of Religion. Edited by Seyed Javad Miri. Published by London Academy of Iranian Studies Press, 2012.
23. East and West: Allama Jafari on Bertrand Russell: East and West. University Press of America, 2013.
24. Transcendent Unity of Human Cultures: Allama Jafari and Russian Literary Thinkers. London Academy of Iranian Studies Press, 2013.
25. Orientalism: A Eurocentric Vision of the ‘Other’. International Peace Studies Center Press, 2013.
26. Islamism and Post-Islamism: Reflections upon Allama Jafari’s Political Thought. University Press of America, 2014.
27. Reclaiming the Sane Society: Essays on Erich Fromm’s Thought. Sense Publishers, 2014.
28. Reflections on Greater Iran: Issues in Geopolitics, Religion and Culture in Caucasia and Transoxania. London Academy of Iranian Studies Press, 2014.
29. Beyond Eurocentrism: Probing into Epistemological Endeavors of Allama Jafari. London Academy of Iranian Studies Press, 2014.
30. The Logic of Underdevelopment: Muttahari and the Alternative Sociology. London Academy of Iranian Studies Press, 2015.
31. Reimagining Malcolm X: Street Thinker versus Academic Thinker. University Press of America, 2015.
32. Pushkin and Sheikhul Islam of Derbent: An Inquiry into Russo-Iranian Relationships in the Context of Neo-Eurasian Geopolitics. Tehran: Published by Jameshenasan House, 2015.
33. China and Russia in the Political Geography of Iran: An Anthropological Perspective. Tehran: Published by Jameshenasan House, 2015.
34. Parallel Narratives in Human Sciences. Tehran: Published by Jameshenasan House, 2015.
35. From Arkady Nestrovich Hannibal to Ali Hannibal: Revisiting the question of human sciences in Iran. A chapter in Arj-E-Varjavand: Essays on the Archaeology, History & Culture of Iran. Edited by Shahin Aryamanesh. Tehran: Sherkat Sahami Enteshar, 2015.
26. Malcolm X: From Political Eschatology to Religious Revolutionary. Published by Brill, 2016.
27. Shariati and Heidegger. Tehran: Naghd Farhang, 2016.
28. A sociological Inquiry into Wahhabism and Islamic Extremism: Revisiting the Future Relationship of Iran and Saudi Arabia. Tehran: Naghd Farhang, 2016.
29. Shariati and the Future of Human Sciences. Published by Brill, 2017.
30. Freedom and History: A Reflection on Shariati’s Philosophical Anthropology. Tehran: Naghd Farhang, 2017.
31. Reflection on Iran: Revisiting Issues of Identity, Nationality, Iranhood, and Language’s Social Policies. Published by the Cultural Critique House, 2018.
32. Identity and Peace: Revisiting the fundamental elements of identity and peace in the contemporary world. Published by the Cultural Critique House, 2018.
33. An Inquiry into the World of Malcolm X: Religion, Race and the Post-Colonial Discourse. Published by the Institute of Culture, Art and Communication, 2018.
34. The Question of “Mother Tongue” in the Context of Social Science. Published by the Cultural Critique House, 2018.
Articles
1. “The existential relevance of religious thought in modern social theory’’ Sufi Illuminations A Journal Devoted to the Study of Islam and Sufism, vol. 3, no. 1, spring 2002.
2. ‘’Politics and Peace in Classical Philosophy’’, Philosophy Journal of the Examined Life, Vol. 3, Issue, 11, 2002.
3. ‘’What’s Plato’s Legacy?’’ Philosophy Journal of the Examined Life, Vol. 3, Issue, 12, 2002.
4. ‘’Existentiality and Mythicality: A modern dilemma?’’, Philosophy Journal of the Examined Life, Vol. 3, Issue, 12, 2002.
5. ‘’Nostalgia and the awakening of the soul’’, Philosophy Journal of the Examined Life, Vol. 3, Issue, 11, 2002.
6. ‘’The philosophical problem of evil: Some reflections’’, Philosophy Journal of the Examined Life, Vol. 3, Issue, 10, 2002.
7. ‘’Social Theory Revisited: Runciman and Classical Philosophy’’, Philosophy Journal of the Examined Life, Vol. 4, Issue, 13, 2003.
8. ‘’What Is the Examined Life?’’, Philosophy Journal of the Examined Life, Vol. 4, Issue, 14, 2003.
9. ‘’Religious Symbolism and its Existential Significance: The Case of the Cross’’, Philosophy Journal of the Examined Life, Vol. 4, Issue, 14, 2003.
10. ‘’The Centrality of the Classics Revisited’’, Salford Papers in Sociology, No. 33, Feb. 2003, 186-201.
11. ‘’George Steiner, Lord Acton, and Anthony Giddens On The Conditions for the Emergence of Modern Sociology’’, Sincronia (A Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences), 2003, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Universidad de Guadalajara.
12. ‘’Satori, Enlightenment and ‘Irfan: A Reflection on the Question of Individual Realization’’, Journal of Transcendent Philosophy, Volume 4. Number 2. June 2003.
13. ‘’Existentialism and Classical Philosophy’’, Philosophy Journal of the Examined Life, Vol. 4, Issue, 13, 2003.
14. ‘’Existentialism and Classical Philosophy’’, Philosophy Journal of the Examined Life, Vol. 4, Issue, 13, 2003.
15. ‘’Classical Philosophy and Runciman’’, Philosophy Journal of the Examined Life, Vol. 4, Issue, 13, 2003.
16. ”Enlightenment and Social Theory Revisited”, Sincronia (A Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences), 2003, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Universidad de Guadalajara.
17. ‘’Sacred and Secular in the Light of Transcendental Philosophy: Four Modern Discourses and Transcendentalism’’, Journal of Transcendent Philosophy, Volume 4. Number 3. June 2003, London Institute of Iranian Studies.
18. ‘’What is Sociology? A Classical Review: The Ontology of Modern Cosmogony’’, Philosophy Journal of the Examined Life, Vol. 4, Issue 15, 2003.
19. ‘’Philosophy of Religion: Some Reflections’’, Philosophy Journal of the Examined Life, Vol. 4, Issue 15, 2003.
20. ‘’Metasociology: What kind of breed is metatheory?’’ Philosophy Journal of the Examined Life, Philosophy Journal of the Examined Life, Vol. 4, Issue 16, 2003.
21. ‘’Foucault in an intercivilizational perspective’’, Philosophy Journal of the Examined Life, Vol. 4, Issue 16, 2003.
22. Metasociology: Metatheorizing in Social Sciences and Philosophy of Social Sciences, Philosophy Journal of the Examined Life, Vol. 5, Issue 18, 2004.
23. ‘’Existentialism in Sociology and Jasperian Philosophy: An Intercivilizational Perspective’’, Journal of Transcendent Philosophy, Volume 4. Number 2. June 2004.
24. ‘’Intelligence and Religious Thinking: A critical reflection’’, Journal of Transcendent Philosophy, Volume 4. Number 2. June 2004.
25. ‘’Karl Jaspers on Freedom: The anchorage of freedom as an essential guarantee for democratic government ’’ Phenomenology: East and West, July 2006.
26. ‘’Allama M. T. Jafari on Conscience: Vijdan the core element of human self’’ London Academy of Iranian Studies, September 2006. (Unpublished Paper)
27. ‘’Jaspers and Paradigmatic Personalities: Jaspers on Mohammad’s personality and the resulting dilemmas for debates on Islam in West’ Journal of Studies in Islam and the Middle East, April 2006.
28. ‘’Joseph De Maistre as a prototype of European Religious Intellectual Tradition’’ Phenomenology: East and West, July 2006.
29. ‘’The Civilizational Element of Iranian Spirit in Europe and China’’ London Academy of Iranian Studies, September 2006. (Unpublished Paper)
30. ‘’The constitutive elements of sociological framework’’ Journal of Studies in Islam and the Middle East, April 2006.
31. ‘’Pascal and Social Theory: The Question of Existence Revisited’’ London Academy of Iranian Studies, November 2006. (Unpublished Paper)
32. ‘’Kant and Social Theory: The metaphysics of religion revisited’’ London Academy of Iranian Studies, November 2006. (Unpublished Paper)
33. ‘’Hegel and Social Theory: Geist and God within Hegelian Philosophy’’ London Academy of Iranian Studies, November 2006. (Unpublished Paper)
34. ‘’Feuerbach and Social Theory: The anthropology of Man revisited’’ London Academy of Iranian Studies, November 2006. (Unpublished Paper)
35. ‘’Kirkegaard and Social Theory: Existentialism and Religion’’ London Academy of Iranian Studies, November 2006. (Unpublished Paper)
36. ‘’Nietzsche and Social Theory: Values and the death of God’’ London Academy of Iranian Studies, November 2006. (Unpublished Paper)
37. ‘’Heidegger and Social Theory: Dasein and Modes of Beings’’ London Academy of Iranian Studies, November 2006. (Unpublished Paper)
38. ‘’Jaspers and Social Theory: Reason, Choice and Religion’’ London Academy of Iranian Studies, November 2006. (Unpublished Paper)
39. ‘’Sartre and Existentialism’’ London Academy of Iranian Studies, November 2006. (Unpublished Paper)
40. ‘’Tillich: The Architect of Faith’’ London Academy of Iranian Studies, November 2006. (Unpublished Paper)
41. ‘’Camus and Existentialism: Reflections on Choice and Human Existence’’ London Academy of Iranian Studies, November 2006. (Unpublished Paper)
42. ‘’Dostoevsky and Social Theory: Religion and Human Life’’ London Academy of Iranian Studies, September 2006. (Unpublished Paper)
43. ‘’Phiroz Mehta: Religion as a roadmap for the religious life’’ London Academy of Iranian Studies, September 2006. (Unpublished Paper)
44. ‘’Existential Philosophy in the Thought of Vladimir Solovyov’’ London Academy of Iranian Studies, November 2006. (Unpublished Paper)
45. ‘’Some Reflections on Pan-Islamism’’ Journal of Studies in Islam and the Middle East, Feb. 2006.
46. ‘’ Extremism and Islam: Is There Any Link?’’ Journal of Studies in Islam and the Middle East, March 2006.
47. ‘’Prophet Muhammad: The Gentle Voice of Beauty’’ Journal of Studies in Islam and the Middle East, March 2006.
48. ‘’Denominations as windows to civilization in the eyes of Imam Musa Sadr’’ Journal of Studies in Islam and the Middle East, March 2006.
49. ‘’Imperialism from Without and Despotism from Within: A glance at the Question of Polity in Contemporary Islam’’ Journal of Studies in Islam and the Middle East, April 2006.
50. ‘’Alienation and Muslim Intellectuals in Western Academia’’ Journal of Studies in Islam and the Middle East, May 2006.
51. ‘’Anthony Giddens: Social Philosophy and Critical Muslim Perspective’’ Journal of Studies in Islam and the Middle East, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2006.
52. ‘’Reflections on the significance of Taleghani’s Social Theory’’, London Academy of Iranian Studies, September 2006. (Unpublished Paper)
53. ‘’The Need for Intimacy in the Prism of Tradition’’, Journal of Vincit Omnia Veritas, 111, 1, January 2007.
54. ‘’Compassion is the core of Liberty: Another perspective on Multiculturalism’’, Journal of Vincit Omnia Veritas, June 2007.
55. ‘’Ku Hung-Ming and the Feminine Ideal’’, Journal of Vincit Omnia Veritas, June 2007.
56. ”Science and Religion in the Thought of Imam Musa Sadr”, Journal of Transcendent Philosophy, Vol. 9, Dec. 2008.
57. “Sociological Relevance of Primordial School of Social Theory”, Journal of Transcendent Philosophy, Vol. 9, Dec. 2008.
58. ”Environmental Crisis in the Balance of Sacred Paradigm”, Journal of Islamic Perspective, No. 1, 2008.
59. ”Relocating Sadrian Perspective”, Journal of Transcendent Philosophy, Vol. 10, Dec. 2009.
60. ”Sociological Relevance of Primordial School of Social Theory: Muttahari and Beheshti in the Balance of Sociological Theory”, Journal of Islamic Perspective, No. 2, 2009.
61. ”Religionsgeschichte and Sadrian Paradigm; Consecrative Power and Discriminative Ability”, Journal of Islamic Perspective, No. 3, 2010.
62. ”Rereading Fromm’s Conditions of the Human Situation”, Journal of Transcendent Philosophy, Vol. 11, Dec. 2010.
63. ” Religion and Social Theory in the Frommesque Discourse”, Journal of Islamic Perspective, No. 4, 2010.
64. ”Weltanschauung and Anthropo-Logy in the Frommesque Discourse”, Journal of Islamic Perspective, Vol. 5, 2011.
65. “The Geopolitics of Crisis in Central Asia and Caucasia: An Iranian Perspective” Just Peace and Diplomacy Journal, No. 4, 2011.
66. ‘’Some Reflections upon Islamophobia as the Totally Other’’, Journal of Transcendent Philosophy, Vol. 12, Dec. 2011.
67. ‘’Revisiting the Chechen Crisis through an Iranian Prism: Historical and Strategical Considerations’’, Just, Peace and Diplomacy Journal, No. 5, 2011.
68. ‘’Revisiting the history of Iran: Geopolitics and Geoculture’’, Just Peace Diplomacy Journal, No. 6, 2012.
69. “Erich Fromm and Religion”, Journal of Islamic Perspective, Number 7 Vol. 1, 2012.
70. “The Significance of Caucasia and Central Asia to Iran’s National Security”, Just, Peace and Diplomacy Journal, No. 7, 2012.
71. “Erich Fromm and Religion”, Journal of Islamic Perspective, Vol. 7. No. 1, 2012.
72. “Allama Jafari and Three Kinds of Relationships in Human Society”, Journal of Islamic Perspective, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2012.
73. “The Question of Alienation in the Frommesque Perspective”, Journal of Transcendent Philosophy, Vo. 13, Dec. 2012.
74. “Allama Jafari and the Russellian Eurocentric Project”, Journal of Islamic Perspective, Vol. 9, Spring: 2013.
75. “Iran’s new geopolitics in Central Asia and Caucasia”, Just, Peace and Diplomacy Journal, No. 8 Spring, 2013.
76. “Maxim Gorky and Allama Jafari on Conscience”, Journal of Transcendent Philosophy, Vol. 14, Dec. 2013.
77. “Allama Jafari and Dostoevsky: Rereading the Russian Literary Legacy in an Alternative Perspective”, Journal of Islamic Perspective, Vol. 10, Winter: 2013.
78. “Rereading Genealogies of Sectarian Conflicts of Shiism and Sunnism”, Journal of Islamic Perspective, Vol. 11, Spring: 2014.
79. “Containment Policy and the Specter of Nader: Regional issues and global consequences”, Just, Peace and Diplomacy Journal, No. 9, Summer 2014.
80. “A Sociological Reading of Iranian Experiences of Economic Development”, Journal of Islamic Perspective, Vol. 12, Winter 2014.
81. “Farabi and the Invention of Post-Secular Social Theory” Journal of Transcendent Philosophy, Vol. 15, Dec. 2014.
82. “Securitization of Islam and Muslims in Western Democracies” Just, Peace Diplomacy Journal, No. 10, Winter 2014.
83. “Possibilities of Non-Eurocentric forms of Cognitions and Poetic-Philosophy”, Journal of Islamic Perspective, Vol. 13, Spring 2015.
84. “Farabian Legacy Revisited: House Mentality versus Field Mentality”. Journal of Transcendent Philosophy, Vol. 16, Dec. 2015.
85. “Shiite Studies in Israel: Challenges and Future Strategies for Shiite Geoculture”. Just, Peace Diplomacy Journal, No. 11, Summer 2015.
86. “The Shiite Dilemma in Malaysia Revisited”. Just, Peace Diplomacy Journal, No. 11, Summer 2015.
87. “Geopolitics of Shiism and the Emancipative Role of Religion in Fighting with DAESH”. Just, Peace Diplomacy Journal, No. 12, Winter 2015.
88. “Malcolm X on Violence, Religion and Extremism”, Journal of Islamic Perspective, Vol. 14, Winter 2015.
89. “Malcolm X and the Emancipative form of Social Theory”, Journal of Islamic Perspective, Vol. 16, Winter 2016.
90. “Ibn Khaldun and Social Sciences: A Critical Approach to Seyed Javad Tabatabai’s Narrative on Ibn Khaldun”, Journal of Islamic Perspective, Vol. 17, Spring 2017.
91. “Revisiting the Indian Vedic Tradition: A Shariatian Approach”, Journal of Islamic Perspective, Vol. 18, Winter 2017.
92. “Shiite/Iranian thought in the context of post-Revolutionary Iran”, Journal of Islamic Perspective, Vol. 19, Spring 2018.
Publications in Persian
1. “نگاهی انتقادی از منظر جامعه شناسی تاریخی به مقوله شرقشناسی: مطالعه موردی آثار و فعالیتهای سیاسی رابرت چارلز زاینر” جامعه پژوهی فرهنگی، سال هفتم، شماره چهارم، زمستان 1395 صص 1-21.
2. “تأملّاتی در تعلیم وتربیت، براساس آموزه های (Lehre) هایدگر در هستی و زمان تعلیم وتربیت تیمارخواهانه” غرب شناسی بنیادی مقاله 3، دوره 8، شماره 1 – شماره پیاپی 15، پاییز و زمستان 1396، صص 47-73.