Biography

Seyed Sadegh Haghighat graduated in political thought from TM University in Tehran, and studied at the Islamic Seminaries between 1981-2004. His M.A. thesis on "Trans-national Responsibilities of the Islamic State", and his Ph.D. dissertation on "Distribution of Power in Shiite Political Thought" are focused on Shiite jurisprudence. His research interests embrace Islamic political thought, methodology of political science, Iranian Revolution and political Islam. He has published 18 books, some of which have been translated into English and Arabic. In Six Theories about the Islamic Revolution’s Victory, he has put forward a new theory about the Iranian Revolution. He has participated in several international academic conferences. His new book, Methodology of Political Science, deals with methodological and interdisciplinary issues. Currently he is a faculty member of the Department of Political Science at Mofid University in Qom. His articles and most full texts of his books can be accessed at: http://www.s-haghighat.ir