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Abdolkarim Soroush is internationally respected as one of the most important reform voices of the inner-Islamic discourse. Initially a supporter of the 1979 Islamic Revolution led by Ayatollah Khomeini, Soroush has increasingly become more critical of the fundamentalization of Islam and its claim to state power.
As part of the international series "Lectures on Democracy", organized by John Keane and Wolfgang Merkel at the WZB, Abdolkarim Soroush will talk about the theoretical compatibility and practical feasibility of "Islamic Democratic Rule". He will argue that a "minimal democracy" can conceivably be assimilated into an "Islamic Democratic Constitution". The "maximalist" demand for a "liberal democracy" on the other hand appears to create insur-mountable incompatibilities for a synthesis of Islam and democracy.
Thus, Abdolkarim Soroush will address one of the widely and fiercely discussed topics in present-day theoretical democracy discourse. To what extent can democracy abandon liberal core principles without giving up substance?
Abdolkarim Soroush studied analytical chemistry, history and philosophy of science in London. In Teheran, he focussed his research on Islamic philosophy and Islamic mysticism. He taught philosophy of science and politics as well as Sufism in Teheran, at Harvard and at Princeton. Currently, he is a Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin.
WZB "Lectures on Democracy" are organized by John Keane and Wolfgang Merkel
Information on participating / attending:
Please reply by June 16, 2006 to Karolina May-Chu: may-chu@wz-berlin.de
Date:
06/20/2006 19:00 - 06/20/2006 21:00
Event venue:
Reichpietschufer 50, Raum A 300
10785 Berlin-Tiergarten
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
History / archaeology, Law, Philosophy / ethics, Politics, Religion, Social studies
Types of events:
Entry:
06/01/2006
Sender/author:
Dr. Paul Stoop
Department:
Abteilung Kommunikation
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event17354
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