Ehsan Naraghi Explained

Ehsān Narāghi (2 February 1926 – 2 December 2012) was an Iranian sociologist, writer and Farah Pahlavi adviser

Biography

During his high school he went to Dar ol-Fonoon in Tehran. Then he studied sociology in the University of Geneva and received his PhD at Sorbonne University in Paris.

In Iran, he was a professor of sociology and director of the Social Studies and Research at the University of Tehran (Iran). As a sociologist, he has collaborated for many years in the work of international scientific associations. In 1965, he prepared for the United Nations the first worldwide study on the "Brain Drain". He has written widely on sociological issues in developing countries, and in 1970 he gave courses on youth, education and society in the Third World countries, at the .

After his experience of being jailed during the Islamic Revolution of Iran, he wrote his book "From Palace to Prison: Inside the Iranian Revolution".^{[1] [2] [3]} He was the first major sociologist who investigated brain-drain phenomenon due to migration of the third world's best intellectuals to developed countries. Some of his works were featured in a chapter of a book by the Iranian Sociologist, Ali Mirsepassi in Book: Mirsepassi, Ali . 2019 . Iran's Quiet Revolution The Downfall of the Pahlavi State . Ehsan Naraghi:: Chronicle of a Man for All Seasons . The Global Middle East . Cambridge University Press . 58–106 . 10.1017/9781108641852.004. 978-1-108-48589-0 . 241890226 . He was a member of UNESCO as a director of UNESCO's Youth Division for many years, and, after his retirement, as an advisor to the Director General of UNESCO until 1999.He was the only Iranian who was awarded Légion d'honneur medal twice, once by De Gaulle, and then by Mitterrand.^[4] He died on 2 December 2012 after a long illness.^{[5] [6]}

Works and Publications

• Book: Naraghi, Ehsan . 1991 . Des palais du Shah aux prisons de la révolution . Balland . 9782715808751 . 1152-0914 . fr . 2022-12-25.
• Book: Naraghi, Ehsan . Ehsan Naraghi

. From Palace to Prison: Inside the Iranian Revolution . Ehsan Naraghi . 2007 . I B Tauris & Co Ltd . 978-1-566-63767-1 . 301 .

• Book: Naraghi, Ehsan . 1995 . Enseignement et changements sociaux en Iran du VIIe au XXe siècle - Islam et laïcité, leçons d'une expérience séculaire . Les Editions de la MSH . 978-2-735-10432-1 . fr .
• Naraghi . Ehsan . 1967 . La sociologie et la société en Iran . Revue Française de Sociologie . 8 . 2 . 184–188 . 10.2307/3319238 . 3319238 . fr . 2022-12-25.
• Naraghi . Ehsan . June 1989 . The Republic's citizens of honor . UNESCO Courier . 42 . 6 . 12+ . 0041-5278 . 2022-10-11.
• Naraghi . Ehsan . Nov 1992 . Religion, secularism and democracy . UNESCO Courier . 45 . 11 . 38+ . 0041-5278 . 2022-10-11.
• Naraghi . Ehsan . Dec 1994 . Roads to revolution . UNESCO Courier . 47 . 12 . 22 . 0041-5278 . 2022-10-11.
• Naraghi . Ehsan . 1976 . The Cultural Identity of Iran and the Contemporary World . 44197313 . The New Review of Two Worlds . 287–298 . 0151-914X . fr.
• Naraghi . Ehsan . 1957 . Les Classes Moyennes en Iran . 40689157 . Cahiers Internationaux de Sociologie . 22 . 156–173 . 0008-0276.
• Naraghi . Ehsan . Peroncel-Hugoz . JP . 1989 . LA FRANCE ET L'IRAN: CHANGEMENT DE CAP: Entretien avec le sociologue iranien Ehsan Naraghi . 24274444 . Esprit (1940-) . 156 . 11 . 127–131 . 0014-0759.
• Naraghi . Ehsan . 1972 . Unesco, youth and the regeneration of education . 10.1007/BF02195800 . Prospects . 2 . 1 . 233–238 . 143848892 . 1573-9090.
• Naraghi . Ehsan . 2007 . Signification et portée des recherches sur la société en Iran . Social Science Information . 7 . 1 . 107–135 . 10.1177/053901846800700612. 144097487 .
• Naraghi . Ehsan . 2007 . The Islamic Antecedents of the Western Renaissance . Diogenes . 44 . 1 . 73–106 . 10.1177/039219219604417307. 144281195 .
• Naraghi . Ehsan . 1965 . Problèmes sociaux de l'industrialisation dans un pays du Tiers Monde . SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIALISATION IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY . fr . 41230907 . Civilisations . 15 . 4 . 504–518 . 0009-8140.
• Naraghi . Ehsan . 1967 . L'EXODE DES COMPÉTENCES: Un obstacle majeur au développement . BRAIN DRAIN: A major obstacle to development . fr . 42669311 . Politique étrangère . 8 . 184 . 269–279. 10.3406/polit.1967.2184 . 0032-342X.

See also

• Intellectual movements in Iran
• University of Geneva
• National Council of Resistance in Iran

Further reading

• Taghi . Ghezelsofia . Ghasempour . Pooneh . Iranian Identity Life-World in Ehsan Naraghi Thought . Journal of Political Studies . 8 . 31 . 25–47 . 2023-06-15.

External links

• Books by Ehsan Naraghi and Complete Book Reviews- Publishers Weekly
• List of Naraghi's books - Thriftbooks
• Main factors and causes of Iran National Movement Failure; Interview with Dr. Ehsan Naraghi

Notes and References

1. Web site: From Palace to Prison: Inside the Iranian Revolution . Publishers Weekly .
2. Web site: Books: Insider's Iran - From Palace To Prison: Inside The Iranian Revolution by Ehsan Naraghi 283pp pounds 19.95. I B Tauris . Guardian News & Media .
3. Web site: Ehsan Naraghi . Iran's Book News Agency (IBNA) .
4. News: هراسي ندارم . I do not fear . . 28 January 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080215124516/http://www.roozonline.com/archives/2007/01/001912.php . 15 February 2008 . 27 March 2011 .
5. News: Ehsan Naraghi passes away. Tabnak. 2 December 2012. Persian. 2 December 2012.
6. Web site: Reflections on the Passing of Ehsan Naraghi December 6, 2012 . 7 December 2012 . Iran.org .