Hamid Dabashi – The World of Persian Literary Humanism
Where: Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Ave.
212-288-6400 Price: $15
Buy tickets/get more info now
See other events in these categories:
What does it mean to be human? Humanism has mostly considered this question from a Western perspective. Columbia University professor and author Hamid Dabashi asks the questions anew, from a non-European point of view. His groundbreaking study The World of Persian Literary Humanism presents this rich tradition as the creative and subversive subconscious of Islamic civilization. Followed by a book sale and signing.
Buy tickets/get more info now