Bijan Abdolkarimi

Bijan Abdolkarimi (born 1963 in Tehran) () is an Iranian philosopher, thinker, translator and editor. 
He is associate professor of philosophy at Islamic Azad University North Tehran Branch. 
His main interests are ontology, political philosophy and the critique of religious and intellectual traditions. He claims to challenge the dominant ideological discourse in Iran. 
He has participated in debates at Iranian universities and also in IRIB TV4 in which he has opposed the notion of Islamic humanities. 
He is also a scholar of Heidegger's thought and philosophy.
Views.
The main characteristics of Abdolkarimi's thought may be summarized as follows: