Ali Al Wardi

'Ali Al Wardi' (1913 - July 13 1995), an Iraqi sociologist , professor and historian. He knew his moderation and objectivity, one of the pioneers of secularism in Iraq.

Life

• Born in Baghdad in Kadhimiya in 1913. Left school in 1924 to work as an architect at Atar and dismissal from work, but was dismissed from work because he was busy reading books and magazines and leave the customers and then open a small shop run by himself, and in 1931 he joined the study in the evening sixth grade and was the beginning of a new life. And completed his studies and became a teacher. As non-traditional uniform in 1932 and became a savvy gentleman. After completing high school got the third on Iraq sent to the scholarship of the American University in Beirut and received a Bachelor and sent another mission to the University of Texas, where he won the Masters in 1948 and won PHD in 1950.

Died on July 13, 1995

His Education

• Received a master's degree in 1948 from the University of Texas.

• Received a PhD in 1950 from the University of Texas.

Positions filled

In 1943 was appointed to the Ministry of Education teacher in middle school in central Baghdad. Appointed as an instructor of sociology at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Baghdad in 1950, has retired at his request and gave him the title of Baghdad University (Professor seasoned) in 1970.

Books and the author of several important research, books and articles did not pay attention to their future personal, but his life was suffering fatigue and diligence and disagree with the rulers in some matters, in which alone saw the suffering and the future is made between his hands.

Wrote AbOUT him: Salama Moussa, Mohiuddin Abdul Razzaq, and hundreds of newspapers, encyclopedias, books, theses and doctoral degrees, and since the late Sbieinat busy writing his memoirs to remove them in a book.

Influenced by Ibn Khaldun's approach in sociology

The approach of his Ibn Khaldun in sociology. Objectivity have caused major problems in the search for him, because he did not take the approach did not follow the Marxist ideologies (IDeaS), the National has raised ire of followers of nationalist ideologies has accused Qatar Airways is enjoying it the title of his book "The personality of the individual Iraq j" This is by ideological Mntlqathm The Arab character similar in all Arab countries. As well as criticized by the Communists for its non-historical materialist approach in his study.

His Analyses of the Modern Structure of Iraqi Society

The study on the personality Iraq is the most important of its kind and could benefit from them as a method to search for the rest of the Middle East.

Analyzed the Iraqi pink personal account personal duplication carrying conflicting values are the values of nomadic and the values of civilization and geography Iraq impact on the formation of personality is one that allows Iraq to build civilization because of Mesopotamia, but its proximity to the [ [desert]] Arabic made him vulnerable to large-scale migration and many across the History before the most recent 250 years ago.

Description of the Iraq Balbodqp smelter nomadic and integration of migrants who have already Balastqrar population and urbanization. They form their values and the value of the value of urban nomad. P Iraq advocated the values of dignity and prevail. But his life force him to comply with the values of urbanization.

Analyzed most of the Iraq except the areas Kurdish in Iraq because of his knowledge of Kurdish as saying in the book "a study in the nature of society Iraq j". In addition to the impact on Dr pink b Ibn Khaldun do not forget also influenced by Paljahz in its objectivity and its method of rational and social and psychological analysis of human behavior.

Features of His Research and Publications

The uniqueness of the world, Dr. Pink to enter a scientific analysis of the nature of the origins and composition of Iraqi society, especially after the modern era Mamluk and flooding Tigris and Euphrates and waves of disease plague The decimated by huge numbers of citizens who States living in Iraq at the time of Ottoman or led to the migration of large numbers of citizens of the Iraqi people to the U.S. and UAE, we find the Ottoman East and the Gulf to the Levant or "Syria and Lebanon and Jordan and [ [Palestine]] or to Egypt. and still a lot of families of Iraqi assets, maintain the titles in Iraq.

Character of the anthropological literature and research pink

Al Wardi is the pioneer of sociology at Iraq, one of the few who wrote about this community and they dedicated their lives to him, and yet did not have a Sun Ali al-Wardi said in an interview before his death he wrote a short period of several books and a request from the heirs published after his death, and despite the passage of more than ten years have not seen any of the authors of these books that have remained in possession of the heirs.

Also analyzed the origins of migrants and was characterized by books and research pink sympathetically Alantherologip where your nose looking for a great deal in the reality of society Iraq and community al-Baghdadi, customs and traditions descended from the era of succession Abbasid. And on the events religious and its importance in the life of the individual al-Baghdadi Kalmold Prophet Muhammad and the anniversary of Ashura.

Launched a relentless campaign against some of the clergy, especially in his book and preachers of the sultans and the farce of the human mind and accused to stand by the referees and ignore the interests of the nation at the expense of their own narrow interests Mtakazlin their duty religious.

And called for the rejection of sectarian discord between Shiite and year Consideration should be given to the subject of dispute between the Imam Ali and his companions on that otherwise date j outdated and must be on the Muslim instead of inspired by the attitudes and opinions of these historic leaders.

But on the other hand criticized the Umayyad dynasty, led by Muawiya bin Abi Sufyan, and described the state of Arabism in which outbreaks of social injustice and racism.

According to Dr. Ali Al-Wardi how the rulers of the Islamic preachers use to justify their oppression. He said the reason behind Langer preachers to keep pace with the sultans Love of self. And preachers have claimed that they are doing what they are doing for "the interest of Islam and Muslims."

Dr. Al Wardi tends to social realism in his analysis on the way Ibn Khaldun and Machiavelli.

His Books

Al Wardi wrote eighteen books and hundreds of research and articles. Five books including before the Revolution of July 14, 1958, and it was a literary style - cash and contents of new and enlightening cynical reader unheard of Iraqi therefore faced ideas and opinions bold social harsh criticism of his book, especially the "preachers of the Sultans" who rely on the logic of preaching and guidance Platonic platform that human nature can not be fix preaching alone, the preachers themselves, and do not follow the advice that they support and are living on the tables of affluence, also confirmed to be critical of the preachers of religion and not religion itself. The books issued after the revolution of July 14 has been marked by the nature of scientific and represented The Pink for the development of social theory about the nature of Iraqi society, particularly the author of the study in the nature of Iraqi society and the logic of Ibn Khaldun, and profiles of the social history of modern Iraq, which was issued in eight parts.

The predicted explosion of pink as the situation points out the roots of fanaticism that control the Iraqi individual personality that is the reality of a community rooted in values and social norms, sectarianism, tribalism and partisanship that continue to lurk in the remnants of our souls. As well as the authoritarian tyranny, temporal and geosynchronous, which encouraged and continues to encourage the production of sediment re-traditional social and cultural consolidation of the old and new, as is happening today.

• Farce reason human being.
• The preachers of the sultans.
• Parapsychology (or the personal secrets of success).
• Thus died sweetheart, a story excerpted from the second part of the book [to ...]. profiles
• Profiles of the social history of modern Iraq (8 parts).
• Dreams between science and religion.
• The logic of Ibn Khaldun.
• Supervising the story of Ibn Saud.
• Legend of high literature.
• Of the Iraqi individual, search in the psyche of the people Iraq in the light of modern sociology.
• More than 150 research deposited in the Library Department Of Sociology at the Faculty of Arts University of Baghdad.

Is not a writer or thinker as its affect on the pink cash bold ideas. It was evident that being exposed to criticism and attack, attack from the far right to far left (where his thoughts were about fifteen books and hundreds of articles), so it applied the example of Iraq known as "like a fish eaten is blameworthy."

In fact, pink was the first world meeting of Iraqi lesson of the Iraqi individual and the nature of Iraqi society, boldly and frankly analyzed social phenomena hidden and individual behaviors and the Assembly and drew attention to the study and analysis and criticism. He will thus led us to reconsider the intellectual and social discourse, political and the need to go down from the ivory Abraszna and aware of reality in all its pros and cons.

Just more than half a century, said that the pink on the Iraqis to change themselves and fix their minds before the reform of society, because the harsh experiences Undergone by the Iraqi people learn lessons seriously, if not Ited the toughest tests will catch them.! And the Iraqis should get used to the exercise of democracy in order to allow them the freedom of opinion and understanding and dialogue without imposing a class or tribe or sect, opinion by force on others. He also said: "that the Iraqi people is divided on himself and of the tribal conflict and nationalist and sectarian more than any other country. There is no other way except the application of democracy and for Iraqis to consider their experiences of the past, even the brightest minds of our hands, this opportunity is lost to us long." We have ratified the pink, Iraq today stands at a crossroads, and it had only the practice of democracy (real) even in the simplest forms and mechanisms, it is the only way out of this crisis times.

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