Time Will Say Nothing: A Philosopher Survives an Iranian Prison

The powers of wisdom for a philospher contained by the walls of a prison

Sorbonne-educated and the author of almost 30 books, Ramin Jahanbegloo, a philosopher of non-violence in the tradition of Tolstoy and Gandhi, was arrested and detained in Iran's notorious Evin prison in 2006.

A petition against his imprisonment was initiated, with Umberto Eco, Jurgen Habermas, and Noam Chomsky among the signatories. International organizations joined in, and media around the world reported his case extensively. Finally, after four months, he was released.

In this memoir Jahanbegloo recounts his confinement, his fear for his life, and his concern for the well-being of his family. With cockroaches his only companions, he is sustained by the wisdom of the great philosophers and by his memories of childhood in Tehran and coming-of-age in Paris.

Author: Ramin Jahanbegloo
Publisher: University of Regina Press
Published: 10/10/2014
Pages: 255
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 6.93h x 4.68w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780889773028

Review Citation(s):
Quill & Quire 10/01/2014 pg. 26
Publishers Weekly 10/06/2014

About the Author

The winner of the Peace Prize from the United Nations in Spain and an advisory board member of PEN Canada, Ramin Jahanbegloo is an internationally celebrated philosopher and currently York-Noor Visiting Chair in Islamic Studies and Associate Professor in Political Science at York University in Toronto.