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Sahyegan’s ‘Five Realms of Being’ to be published
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IBNA- ‘Five Realms of Being’, a new book by the prominent Iranian philosopher and writer Dariush Sahyegan which features his views about five legendary Persian mystics, thinkers and poets will be published.
Speaking to IBNA, Sahyegan stated that his new book considers the ideas of five towering figures of the Iranian poetry, Khayyam Nishaburi, Ferdowsi, Molavi (Rumi), Sa’di and Hafez.
“Each of these five poets is an “Iranian being” and as a researcher I have studied why they are present in all aspects of the Iranian life,” the philosopher said.
“I have finished the book, it is in printing process now and will be published by Farhang Mo’aser Publication Institute,” he added.
Born in 1935, Sahyegan is a noted thinker whose ideas for his works in the field of comparative philosophy are reputed particularly in France. He studied in France under Henry Corbin in Paris, and has carried out several extensive researches on Persian mysticism and mystic poetry.
Sahyegan was one of the founders of the Iranian Center for the Studies of Civilizations. He was awarded the Global Dialogue Prize, an international humanities award based in Aarhus, Denmark in 2009.
His book, ‘Cultural Schizophrenia: Islamic Societies Confronting the West’, was translated from the French into English by John Howe and published by Saqi books, London 1992 and Syracuse University Press, 1997.
‘Under The Skies of the World’ by Ramin Jahanbegloo (1992) and ‘Iranian Intellectuals and the West’ by Mehrzad Borujerdi (1996) are two books in English which explore the life and ideas of Sahyegan.
Furthermore, Sahyegan wrote a novel "Land of Mirage" in French which won an award given by the Association of French Authors in 2004.
Source: Iran Book News Agency (IBNA)
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