Time Will Say Nothing: A Philosopher Survives an Iranian Prison [Hardcover]

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 Irans 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.

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.

Riveting and beautifully written...Time Will Say Nothing?is an indictment of the practices of a particular regime, but its complaint reaches much farther. It is an indictment of all regimes, East and West. Gripping and profound. In 2006, Ramin Jahanbegloo, a Sorbonne-educated philosopher of non-violence in the tradition of Tolstoy and Gandhi, was arrested and detained in Irans notorious Evin prison. This is his story. Jahanbegloo has written a remarkable and sensitive memoir of what it is like to be in solitary confinement, hearing the screams and cries of inmates, never knowing whether one is about to be tortured or killed. He reflects on his early life in Iran, his studies in Paris, his separation from his wife and infant daughter, his dedication to philosophy, his commitment to non-violence, and the nl³(