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Nadia Maftouni

Professor

Update: 2026-09-23

Nadia Maftouni

دانشکده الهیات و معارف اسلامی / گروه آموزشی کلام و فلسفه اسلامی

Journal Paper

  1. "Foundations of Cultural Diplomacy in Farabi’s Political Philosophy"
    Abolfazl Nouri, Nadia Maftouni
    Islamic Political Thought, Vol. 13, No 2, pp.23-43, 2026
  2. "Imagination: Farabi vis-à-vis Hegel’s Vantage Point"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Eslami, Vol. 5, No 17, pp.25-38, 2026
  3. "Imagination in Bible: What It means the Concept for Christian vs. Islamic Philosophy"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Journal of Interreligious Studies on the Qur'an and the Bible, Vol. 2, No 1, 2025
  4. "Developing Political Theory: The State for Farabi vs. Hobbes"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Eslami, Vol. 4, No 13, pp.61-75, 2025
  5. "What’s Poetics Got to Do with Prophet for Farabi"
    Nadia Maftouni, Mahmud Nuri
    PENSAMIENTO, Vol. 80, No 311, pp.1339-1345, 2025
  6. "Impact of Art on Social Preferences: Farabi’s Perspective"
    Nadia Maftouni, Mahmoud Nuri
    Clasical and Contemporary Islamic Studies (CCIS), Vol. 7, No 1, 2025
  7. "Farabi vis-à-vis Sartre on Imagination"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Transcendent Philosophy, Vol. 25, No 25, 2024
  8. "Ibn al-Haitham vis-à-vis Shaykh Ishraq on Vision"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Journal of Philosophical Investigations, Vol. 18, No 48, pp.309-318, 2024
  9. "Existentialism in Christianity and Islam A Case Study on Ibn Tufail vs. Kierkegaard"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Journal of Interreligious Studies on the Qur'an and the Bible, Vol. 1, No 1, pp.181-190, 2024
  10. "Evolution of Perception: Farabi to Avicenna"
    Nadia Maftouni, Mahmud Nuri
    Eslami, Vol. 3, No 9, pp.47-61, 2024
  11. "Rationality vis-à-vis Relativity: Accounted for Imagination and the Permanent in Farabi’s Philosophy"
    Nadia Maftouni, Fatane Tavana panah
    The International Journal of Humanities, Vol. 30, No 3, pp.1-15, 2023
  12. "Farabi s Perspective on Global Peace"
    Nadia Maftouni, Seyed Mohammadreza Azarkasb
    Journal of Philosophical Investigations, Vol. 16, No 41, pp.302-309, 2023
  13. "A Revival of Iranian Tradition: Art and Philosophy on the Wings of Imagination"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Journal of World Philosophies, Vol. 7, No 2, pp.101-109, 2022
  14. "Outgroup Inflicted Economic Failure Solidifying the Position of the Leader Regardless of Gender: An Experimental Study"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Contemporary Research on Islamic Revolution, Vol. 4, No 11, pp.179-196, 2022
  15. "The Power of Music for Farabi: A Case Study as to Gender"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Journal of Philosophical Investigations, Vol. 15, No 36, pp.284-292, 2021
  16. "What’s Poetics Got to Do with Prophets for Farabi"
    Nadia Maftouni, Mahmoud Nuri
    PENSAMIENTO, Vol. 77, No 292, 2021
  17. "Is Iranian Revolution Sustaining a Constitutional System? The Assessment in Terms of Bruce Ackerman’s Theory"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Contemporary Research on Islamic Revolution, Vol. 3, No 2, 2020
  18. "Does Shahrazuri Follow the Illuminationist Descendants on Celestial Beings in alRumuz"
    Nadia Maftouni, Adries Mahmmoud
    Journal of Philosophical Investigations, Vol. 14, No 32, 2020
  19. "Farabi vis-à-vis Avicenna on Inner Perception"
    Ghasem Ali Kouchenani, Nadia Maftouni
    Transcendent Philosophy, Vol. 20, No 20, 2019
  20. "Methodology of Farabian Political Philosophy"
    Nadia Maftouni
    History of Philosophy, Vol. 24, No 2, pp.31-38, 2019
  21. "REVOLUTIONARY CONSTITUTIONS: CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP AND THE RULE OF LAW (BRUCE ACKERMAN, HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2019)"
    Nadia Maftouni
    socrates, Vol. 1, No 3, pp.4-5, 2019
  22. "Semiotics of Love in Suhrawardi’s Allegorical Philosophy"
    Ghasem Ali Kouchenani, Nadia Maftouni
    socrates, Vol. 6, 2019
  23. "Concept of sciart in the Andalusian Ibn Tufail"
    Nadia Maftouni
    PENSAMIENTO, Vol. 75, pp.543-551, 2019
  24. "A Global Language for Happiness: Rational vs. Religious Approach"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Transcendent Philosophy, Vol. 19, No 30, 2018
  25. "Comparing and Contrasting Fictional Treatises of ibn Tufayl and Sohrevardi"
    Nadia Maftouni
    The International Journal Of Humanities Of The Islamic Republic Of Iran, Vol. 25, pp.67-76, 2018
  26. "What's Art Got to Do with Happiness in Farabian Utopia?"
    Nadia Maftouni, Mahmud Nuri
    socrates, Vol. 6, No 2, pp.24-33, 2018
  27. "Art as a Language for Muslim Thinkers: Metaphorical vs. Literal Approach"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Filosofskii Zhurnal, Vol. 11, No 2, pp.156-166, 2018
  28. "A Comparative Study on Cosmology in Suhrawardi and Ibn ‘Arabi"
    Nadia Maftouni
    International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences, Vol. 12, No 1, 2018
  29. "Images of Imagination for Iranian Philosophers"
    Nadia Maftouni
    History of Philosophy, Vol. 23, No 1, pp.17-28, 2018
  30. "Conceptualization of Scientart: Interaction between the Worlds of Science and Art"
    Nadia Maftouni
    socrates, Vol. 5, No 3, pp.12-18, 2018
  31. "Ibn Tufail as a SciArtist in the Treatise of Hayy Ibn Yaqzan"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Journal of Philosophical Investigations, Vol. 11, No 21, pp.81-90, 2018
  32. "Suhrawardī as a Scientartist in Psychology"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Transcendent Philosophy, Vol. 17, No 17, pp.73-86, 2016
  33. "Nature of Art in Farabi's Thought"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Wisdom and Philosophy, Vol. سال هشتم, No 32, pp.33-40, 2013
  34. "Art as it is and Art as it should be an Analytical Study of Farabi"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Transcendent Philosophy, Vol. 1, No 13, pp.239-248, 2012
  35. "The Lived Body, Yes or No? A Comparative Study of the Birth of Sensory Perception in Peripatetic Philosophy and Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Philosophy and Kalam, Vol. 59, No 1, 2026
  36. "The Evolution of Panamatorism in Suhrawardi’s Illuminationist Philosophy: From Peripatetic Love to Ontology of Light"
    Nadia Maftouni
    kherad nameh mullasadra, Vol. 4, No 31, pp.5-16, 2026
  37. "Suhrawardī’s Innovations in the Study of Fallacies Based on the Effectiveness Model"
    Nadia Maftouni, Mohammad mehdi Davar
    Intellectual explorations, Vol. 5, No 1, pp.71-81, 2026
  38. "Ethics vis-à-vis Economics in Farabi’s Utopia"
    Fatemeh Asadi, Nadia Maftouni
    Eslami, Vol. 4, No 15, pp.33-59, 2025
  39. "Metaphor as the Method of philosophizing: An Analysis of the Role of Metaphors in Islamic Philosophy with Emphasis on Conceptual Metaphor Theory"
    نرجس شهابی شیشه گورابی, Nadia Maftouni
    Journal of Recognition, Vol. 18, No 1, pp.79-100, 2025
  40. "Comparison of the three stages of the perfection of the soul according to Ibn Tufail and Shaykh Ishraq: childhood to the maturity of the soul"
    Erfan Gholamigolbaghi, Nadia Maftouni
    Contemporary Wisdom, Vol. 15, No 1, pp.113-131, 2024
  41. "A Typology of Certainty for Farabi"
    Zahra Aghajan molaei, Nadia Maftouni
    kherad nameh mullasadra, Vol. 29, No 2, 2024
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    Ghasem Ali Kouchenani, Fatane Tavana panah, Nadia Maftouni
    Avicennian Philosophy, Vol. 27, No 70, 2024
  43. "The Metaphysics of Love in Avicenna’s Philosophical System"
    Ghasem Ali Kouchenani, Nadia Maftouni, محمدمهدی داور
    Eslami, Vol. 2, No 8, pp.5-36, 2024
  44. "The Components of Ibn Sina's Eastern Wisdom According to Ibn Tufail"
    Erfan Gholamigolbaghi, Nadia Maftouni, Ghasem Ali Kouchenani
    Journal of Religious Thougth, Vol. 23, No 87, 2024
  45. "The Reality of Feminine Spiritual Beauty And The Absolute Welayat of Fatimah - al Zahra (A. S.)"
    مینا پروانه, غلامرضا اعوانی, Nadia Maftouni
    Theology of Art, Vol. 1402, No 24, 2023
  46. "Illuminative, Ishraqi, Ibn Sina and Avicennian Shaykh Ishraq: The effects Bu 'Ali's Treatise Hayy Ibni Yaqzan on Sohravardi's Mysterious Treatises"
    Erfan Gholamigolbaghi, Nadia Maftouni
    Hekmatttt, Vol. 15, No 57, pp.6-31, 2023
  47. "The Cognitive Function of the Permanent for Farabi"
    Fataneh Tavanapanah, Nadia Maftouni, Ghasem Ali Kouchenani
    Contemporary Wisdom, Vol. 14, No 1, 2023
  48. "Suhrawardi’s Approach to the Treatment of the Diseases of the Soul"
    Nadia Maftouni, محمدمهدی داور
    nasime kherad, Vol. 9, No 1, pp.25-44, 2023
  49. "Educational Strategy of Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi to Establish World Peace"
    Seyed Mohammadreza Azarkasb, Nadia Maftouni
    Philosophy and Kalam, Vol. 56, No 1, 2023
  50. "Ibn Tufail as an Artist of Farabi’s Utopia"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Theoretical Studies of Art, Vol. 2, No 3, pp.29-47, 2023
  51. "Shahrazuri’s Foundations on Taste in alRumuz"
    Nadia Maftouni, Adries Mahmmoud
    Theology of Art, Vol. 1399, No 18, 2020
  52. "Does al-Rumuz Belong to Shahrazuri?"
    Adries Mahmmoud, Nadia Maftouni, Hasan Ebrahimi
    Noskheh Shenasi, Vol. 3, No 9, pp.93-108, 2020
  53. "A Comparative Study on Farabi’s Theory of Art, Traditionalism, and Historicism"
    Nadia Maftouni, Maedeh Rahmani, Mahmud Nuri
    Theology of Art, Vol. 12, No 12, pp.5-21, 2020
  54. "Economics of Culture for Farabi Applied in P4C"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Philosophy and the child, Vol. 20, No 20, 2020
  55. "Farabi's Viewpoint on the Reason of Prohibition of Music"
    Nadia Maftouni, Mahmud Nuri
    Feqh va Ejtehad, Vol. 6, No 12, pp.61-74, 2019
  56. "The Origins of Bahman for Suhrawardi"
    Nadia Maftouni, Morteza Darudi Javan
    History of Philoshopy, Vol. 35, No 35, 2019
  57. "Love vis-à-vis Beauty for Avicenna and Suhrawardi"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Philosophy and Kalam, Vol. 51, No 1, pp.279-295, 2019
  58. "Amshaspandan vis-à-vis Archetypes for Suhrawardi"
    Nadia Maftouni, Morteza Darudi Javan
    History of Philoshopy, Vol. سال هشتم, No 32, 2018
  59. "Art vis-à-vis Rhetoric in Farabian Utopia"
    Nadia Maftouni, Maedeh Rahmani
    Theology of Art, Vol. 7, No 7, 2018
  60. "A Comparative Study on Farabi and Avicenna's Viewpoints about the Ultimate Goal of Art and the Role of Entertainment, Wonder and Pleasure"
    Nadia Maftouni, Mahmud Nuri
    Avicennian Philosophy, Vol. 22, No 59, pp.27-40, 2018
  61. "Farabi's Theory of Art vis-à-vis Contemporary Approaches"
    Nadia Maftouni
    The New Rational Studies, Vol. 3, No 6, pp.97-117, 2018
  62. "Philosophy as a Way of Life in Suhrawardi"
    Nadia Maftouni
    pazhuhesh name e akhlagh, Vol. 10, No 37, pp.43-60, 2018
  63. "Certainty and Five Arts for Farabi"
    Nadia Maftouni, Fataneg Tavanapanag
    kherad nameh mullasadra, Vol. سال 23 شماره 1, No 89, 2018
  64. "Sohrevardi as the Philartist of Farabi’s Utopia"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Transcendent Philosophy, Vol. 18, No 29, pp.29-46, 2017
  65. "Suhrawardi: Avicennian Sciartist"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Sophia Perennis, Vol. 13, No 30, pp.5-20, 2017
  66. "The Explanation of ..."
    Fataneg Tavanapanag, Nadia Maftouni
    akhlagh_vahyani, Vol. 2, No 8, 2016
  67. "The Function of Persuasion"
    Nadia Maftouni, Fataneh Tavana
    Avicennian Philosophy, Vol. 19, No 54, 2016
  68. "The Epistemic..."
    Fataneg Tavanapanag, Nadia Maftouni
    THEOLOGICAL_PHILSOPHICAL RESEARH, Vol. 66, No 66, pp.120-140, 2016
  69. "The Function of..."
    Nadia Maftouni, Fataneg Tavanapanag
    kherad nameh mullasadra, Vol. 82, No 82, 2016
  70. "The...."
    Nadia Maftouni, Mohammad Nouri
    Philosophy and the child, Vol. سال دوم, No 7, 2015
  71. "the.."
    Nadia Maftouni, Mahmud Nuri
    pazhuhesh name e akhlagh, Vol. 7, No 25, 2015
  72. "The relation between..."
    Nadia Maftouni, Mahmud Nuri
    Philosophy and the child, Vol. 1, No 4, 2015
  73. "Rhetorics..."
    Nadia Maftouni, Qasem Moqadam
    Avicennian Philosophy, Vol. 18, No 52, pp.97-110, 2015
  74. "The Extent of Abondonment of Indication per Nexum in Muslim Logicians"
    Hossein Rashid Zadeh, Ahad Faramarz Ghramaleki, Nadia Maftouni
    kherad nameh mullasadra, Vol. 2, 2013
  75. "Shiite Aspects of Farabi's Philosophy"
    Nadia Maftouni
    ANDISHE-E- NOVIN-E-DINI, Vol. سال نهم, No 33, pp.115-126, 2013
  76. "The Foundations and Consequences of Suhrawardi's Theory of Imagination"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Philosophy and Kalam, Vol. سال چهل و ششم, No 1, pp.133-146, 2013
  77. "A"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Avicennian Philosophy, Vol. 16, No 48, pp.21-37, 2012
  78. "Ibn Sina and explain bodily resurrection"
    Nadia Maftouni
    احکامات سیاسی - اقتصادی, Vol. 1, No 1, pp.401-415, 2012
  79. "A Comparative Study of the Quiddity of the Body of Resurrection according to Ibn-Sina, Suhrawardi and Mulla Sadra's View Point"
    Nadia Maftouni, مهدی رضایی نیا
    philosophy of religion, Vol. 8, No 10, pp.93-110, 2012
  80. "Conceptualization of beauty from Farabi to Suhrawardi"
    Nadia Maftouni
    kherad nameh mullasadra, Vol. 68, No 68, pp.25-32, 2012
  81. "Velayate Faghih in Farabis Philosophical system"
    Nadia Maftouni, چمران بهارلویی
    political science, Vol. 14, No 55, pp.57-74, 2012
  82. "Forms of imagination in cash balance according to Farabi"
    Nadia Maftouni
    معرفت فلسفی, Vol. 8, No 4, pp.55-74, 2011
  83. "conceptulazation of religious art in Farabis philosophy"
    Nadia Maftouni
    kherad nameh mullasadra, Vol. -, No 63, pp.103-113, 2011
  84. "Co relation beetwen religen and art in Farabis phiolosophy"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Sophia Perennis, Vol. 8, No 2, pp.41-56, 2011
  85. "Art as cultural strategy in Farabis thought"
    Nadia Maftouni
    The Culture Strategy Quarterly, Vol. 3, pp.113-126, 2010
  86. "Logical Structure of Problems and Subject of Science according to Aristotle, Farabi, Ibn Sina and Ibn Rushd"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Avicennian Philosophy, Vol. 14, No 43, pp.87-105, 2010
  87. "Position of Imagination in Farabi's Philosophical System"
    Nadia Maftouni, Ahad Faramarz Ghramaleki
    Religions & Mastitism, Vol. 1, No 83, pp.97-112, 2007
  88. "Imagination in the Context of Justification and Explanation from Farabi to Mulla Sadra"
    Nadia Maftouni, Ahad Faramarz Ghramaleki
    kherad nameh mullasadra, Vol. 1, No 47, pp.68-80, 2007
  89. "The Subject of Philosophy in the Thought of Aristotle, Ibn Sina and Ibn Rushd"
    Nadia Maftouni, Ahad Faramarz Ghramaleki
    Avicennian Philosophy, Vol. 1, No 35, pp.56-78, 2007
  90. "Approaches of Muslim Scholars to the Philosophy of Science"
    Nadia Maftouni, Ahad Faramarz Ghramaleki
    Religions & Mastitism, Vol. 1, No 75, pp.39-60, 2004

Conference Paper

  1. "Drama of Trauma: Dramaturgy of Nuri’s Dramas in Terms of Trauma"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Trauma and Resilience in Contemporary World Literature International Conference, 2024
  2. "Art for Global Peace and Contentment: Farabi’s Voice"
    Nadia Maftouni
    The Fifth International Conference on Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, 2024
  3. "Virtual Education vis-à-vis Ethics: An Experimental Study"
    Nadia Maftouni
    The First International Conference on Digital Ethics and Cyberspace, 2024
  4. "Interreligious Understanding: Ibn Tufail's Approach"
    Nadia Maftouni
    The International Conference on Imam Reza (PBUH) and Interreligious Dialogue, 2024
  5. "Media, Women, and Muslim Preferences: A Case Study on Farabi’s Theory"
    Nadia Maftouni
    The Second Inteenational Conference on Peaceful Coexistence, 2023
  6. "Prejudice Against Women in Muslim Societies: An Experimental Study"
    Nadia Maftouni
    The International Conference on Practical Theology, 2022
  7. "Influence of Music on Social Preferences"
    Nadia Maftouni
    International Khazar Scientific Researches Conference - III, 2022
  8. "Economic Sanctions as a Psychological-Economic Device"
    Nadia Maftouni
    8th International Conference on Social Sciences & Humanities, 2021
  9. "Resilience to Sanctions: A Case Study Regarding Gender"
    Nadia Maftouni
    First International Conference on Social Capital and Resiliency, 2021
  10. "Pedagogy vis-à-vis Artworks"
    Nadia Maftouni
    AHİ EVRAN International Conference on Scientific Research, 2021
  11. "Education via Gamification in the University of Tehran"
    Nadia Maftouni
    4th International Education and Innovative Sciences Symposium, 2021
  12. "Constitutionalism as a Theory of Legitimacy"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Al-Farabi 10th International Conference on Social Sciences, 2021
  13. "Semiotics of Iranian Philosophy"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Istanbul International Halich Congress on Multidisciplinary Scientific Research II, 2021
  14. "Music as Common Language to Various Cultures"
    Nadia Maftouni
    3rd International Conference on Culture, Art, and Literature, 2021
  15. "Art as the Best way to Teach Philosophy and Religion"
    Nadia Maftouni
    International Conference on "Learning: Lived Experiences, Evaluation and Future Education", 2021
  16. "Nicholas Rescher on Philosophy of Science"
    Nadia Maftouni
    In Honor of Nicholas Rescher, 2021
  17. "Relativity vis-à-vis Rationality: Farabi’s Approach to Religious Diversity"
    Nadia Maftouni
    International Conference on Contemporary Philosophy of Religion, 2019
  18. "Woman's Position for Sage Nizami"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Philosophy and Women's Issues, 2025
  19. "Women in Hayy Ibn Yaqzan"
    Mahmud Nuri, Nadia Maftouni
    Philosophy and Women's Issues, 2025
  20. "Utopian Governance in Farabi's Philosophy"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Second National Conference on Knowledge-based Governance, 2024
  21. "Evil in Ancient Iran"
    Ghasem Ali Kouchenani, Nadia Maftouni, محمدمهدی داور
    Good and Evil and Human's Part, 2024
  22. "Human's Good and Evil: First Person View"
    Mahmud Nuri, Nadia Maftouni
    Good and Evil and Human's Part, 2024
  23. "Nizami Ganjavi on Panamatorism"
    Nadia Maftouni
    The Second National Nizami Conference, 2024
  24. "Philosophy of Play for Farabi"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Kudak, 2022
  25. "The Roles of Games in Participation, Deep Learning, and Evaluation of the Students of Islamic Philosophy at University of Tehran"
    Nadia Maftouni
    International Conference on "Learning: Lived Experiences, Evaluation and Future Education", 2021
  26. "Philart of Farabi vs. Islamic Architecture: Which Architecture Is not Islamic?"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Philosophy, Worship, and Praying, 2018
  27. "Farabian Theory of Art and Religious Cinema"
    Nadia Maftouni
    Cinema and Religious, 2018
  28. "Ethics of Science for Suhrawardi"
    Nadia Maftouni
    National Conference on Ethics, 2016