AHMAD REZA TAHERI

POET and PHILOSOPHER

ahmadrezataheri — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:51:00 GMT

"enjoy wine and women, the earthly world is momentary and would end into nothing, Khayyam, to the world your presence does not matter, as if you don't exist at all, thus enjoy your limited time," or the poem "nobody knows the secret laws of the universe, behind the curtain you and I are discussing the issue, but once the curtain falls, neither you nor I can escape unharmed," or...

Anarchism, the purest form of Democracy

ahmadrezataheri — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:16:00 GMT

Anarchism is often equated with anarchy. This is an understandable mistake. Anarchy implies chaos, disorder, and confusion resulting from the absence of government. Few, if any, anarchists advocate such a state of affairs. Indeed, they contend that the opposite will result from the elimination of government.

Why Democracy is biwildering

ahmadrezataheri — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:06:00 GMT

It is unfair to claim that democracy does not exist; it exists but in relative fashion. Democracy is measured in comparison with societies' respective norms, values, and cultures. I do not deny the fact that the exercise of democracy has been improved from generation to generation. The same democracy, for example, which we enjoy today, did not...

Theories of Representation

ahmadrezataheri — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:42:00 GMT

This theory believes that the representative acts as a messenger or a delegate for his or her constituents... Rejecting representative government altogether, this theory holds that only the people themselves are capable of representing their own views, at least on important issues. Thus, this theory claims that pure or direct democracy is the most desirable form of...

Political Party Systems

ahmadrezataheri — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:04:00 GMT

There are basically three kinds of political party systems. A Single Party System exists when one party, over an extended period of time, controls the vast majority of legislative seats and its choice for the chief executive is assured of that office. There may be any number of other parties in the country, but none of them is able...

American and British systems of government

ahmadrezataheri — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:21:24 GMT

Historically, most members of the House of Lords have been hereditary peers. This mean that years ago a king or queen nominated a member of the aristocracy to be a member of the House, and, since then, the right to sit in the House has passed through the family from generation to generation.

Iran's role in Afghanistan: Ahmad Reza Taheri

ahmadrezataheri — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:22:00 GMT

What has pushed the US into talks with Taliban partly can be because of Iran's important presence in the region and partly because of the US fear of the rise of Al-Qaida in Afghanistan. As far as the latter issue is concerned, the US intelligence needs the support of Pakistan's ISI. The ISI is constantly in contact with the Pak-Taliban.

Pluralism, Elite theorism, and Conspiratorialism

ahmadrezataheri — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:28:00 GMT

Pluralism known to be another major form of democracy; it is a variant of the republican form in which interest groups are the primary link between the people and the policymakers. Pluralism recognizes that the individual must join with other people to achieve his or her political goals.

Fundamental assumptions necessary in a Democracy

ahmadrezataheri — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:13:00 GMT

In a pure democracy, the people act as their own legislature. There are no representatives between the people and the legislative process; the people make the laws for themselves. This form of democracy has been used by several societies. Ancient Athens practiced pure democracy; even today one can find it in some Swiss cantons and in...

East failed in the development of Social Sciences

ahmadrezataheri — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:43:00 GMT

Never in the history of research and education could the East surpass the West; as if the East is destined to follow the West. It has been taken that the best universities and the best publications belong to the West. Interestingly, the rankings are done by the West and for the West itself.