Nasser Fakouhi (born 13 May 1956 in Tehran) (Persian: ناصر فکوهی) is an Iranian anthropologist, writer and translator. Fakouhi was born to a middle-class family in Tehran. He is a professor of anthropology of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran and the president of a scientific and multidisciplinary website called Anthropology and Culture (www.anthropology.ir). He is also a member of International Association of Sociology and International Society of Iranian Studies. Fakouhi obtained his PhD in political anthropology from the University of Paris in 1993. Some of his books are Political Violence, The History and Theories of Anthropology, Urban Anthropology, From Culture to Development, and Iranian National and Ethnic Identities: Articulation and Conflict. He has translated books of authors such as Roland Barthes (Empire of Signs). Ramin Jahanbegloo, an Iranian intellectual and philosopher, classified Fakouhi, along with figures such as J. Tabatabaii, B. Ahmadi, and F.Sadeghi as "dialogical intellectuals" on contemporary Iran. Fakouhi's primary field of interest is the social pathology of contemporary Iran and especially the problems concerning the ethnic, communitarian and local identities in their relationship with the global level. He has a large oral and written project about the Modern Iran Cultural history. Source: Wikipedia (en)