As part of the 29th Forum 2000 Conference, we continue our series of interviews with members of our global network who have devoted their lives to democracy, dialogue, and human dignity. In this edition, we present Ramin Jahanbegloo, Iranian-born political philosopher, writer, ICDR meber and long-standing friend of Forum 2000, whose connection to Prague and Václav Havel reaches back to the early 1990s and the first encounters between Central European dissidents and global intellectuals.
Shaped by a deeply intercultural life Ramin has dedicated his career to the philosophy of nonviolence and the art of listening. In this conversation, he reflects on prison, exile, and friendship with thinkers like Isaiah Berlin and the Dalai Lama; on truth as a moving horizon rather than an absolute; and on his greatest fear: ignorance. Above all, he reminds us that democracy begins with humility, empathy, and the courage to keep learning from others throughout one’s life.
