Harmony and Exchange / American University Studies Bd.1235 (ePub)

Nick Mehrdad Loghmani is a senior information technology adviser with over a dozen years' experience in some of the world's leading companies such as the Royal Bank of Canada, the Toronto Dominion Bank, CGI, and Salesforce. He is also a researcher in the fields of mathematics, computer science, and cognitive science. Some of his contributions have been published in a monograph entitled The Harmonic Theory, a theory on the emergence of intelligent systems. He is a co-founder of Solidarity with Iran, an ecumenical group that promotes inclusiveness and democratic principles, and a co-author of Charter 91, a blueprint for promoting new participatory avenues in Iran. He is a contributor to Radio Free Europe, BBC Persian, the Huffington Post, and Seminar magazine. Loghmani is also a member of the advisory board at the Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies of the Jindal Global Law School in Delhi, India. He has been a founder or partner in a number of technology firms. He received his B.S. in mathematics from the University of Waterloo.

Ramin Jahanbegloo is Executive Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Nonviolence and Peace Studies and Vice Dean of the School of Law at Jindal Global University, Delhi, India. He received his B.A. and M.A. in philosophy, history, and political science and later his Ph.D. in philosophy from the Sorbonne University. Since 1993, he has taught and conducted research at numerous academic institutions, including the Academy of Philosophy in Tehran, the French Institute for Iranian Studies, Harvard University, University of Toronto, the Cultural Research Centre in Tehran, the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in New Delhi, and York University in Toronto. He is also a member of the advisory board of PEN Canada. He is the winner of the Peace Prize from the United Nations Association in Spain (2009) for his extensive academic works promoting dialogue between cultures and his