Ali Mirsepassi
iranian-American sociologist and political science
Ali Mirsepassi (born 1950) is an Iranian-American sociologist and political scientist and the Albert Gallatin Research Excellence Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at New York University.
Books
Mirsepassi, Ali; Fernée, Tadd Graham (2024). The Intellectual Thought of Al-Ghazālī. The Global Middle East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781009538114. ISBN 978-1-009-53816-9.
Mirsepassi, Ali (2023). The Loneliest Revolution: A Memoir of Solidarity and Struggle in Iran. Edinburgh Historical Studies of Iran and the Persian World.
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