1. Resume
Name: Hosein Abolhasan Tanhaie (H.A.Tanhaie)
Born: 4 April 1951, Isfahan, Iran.
Residence: Karaj
Nationality: Iranian
Field: Sociology: Theoretic sociology, Interpretative sociology, Theoretic structure and
paradigm analyzer,
Graduated from Sociology Department, Faculty of Human Behavior, the United States
International University (U.S.I.U), San Diego, CA, USA,
Dissertation Chairperson: Distinguished Professor Herbert Blumer, In 1981,
Assistant Professor (since 1983, without any promotion!!!?), at the Department of
Sociology,
Islamic Azad University( IAU), Central Tehran Branch (CTB), Tehran, Iran.
Institutions: Founder of the Iranian Symbolic Association of the Interpretative
Sociology (ISAIS), hatanhai.blogfa.com
www.facebook.com/isais2014
Email add: hatanhai@yahoo.com
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Weblog: http://hatanhai.blogfa.com
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Mobile Number: 0098-9126974435/(Wiber)
Mobile Number: 0098-9213974435/(Wiber, WhatsApp & Instagram)
Honorary Background (Known For)
1- Highly recommended by Professor George Herbert Blumer, the founder of
“Symbolic Interactionism” as a scholar to teach sociological theories to graduate
students in 1981.
2- Perpetual/ Eternal Figure of Karaj, Summer 2008.
3- Distinguished Researcher of the Islamic Azad University (IAU), Arak Branch,
Automn 2008.
4- Distinguished Researcher of the IAU, Central Tehran Branch (CTB), Winter 2008.
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2. Educational Background
1- Diploma: Literature and Humanities from Adab High School, Esfahan, Iran.
2- Bachelor Degree (B.A.) in Psychology, B.A. of philosophy.
3- Certified in Counseling from Esfahan University, Esfahan, Iran, 1974.
4- Master of Arts Degree, (M.A.) in Sociology & Anthropology from USIU, the U.S.A.,
1978.
5- Philosophy Degree (Ph.D.) in Sociology & Anthropology, 1981.
6- Certification in Social Psychology, “U.S.I.U”, the U.S.A., 1981.
7- Recommended and certified documented by a Letter from the Distinguished Professor
and the Founder of the “Symbolic Interactionism” school, George Herbert Blumer, as a
scholar in sociological theories, 1980.
Teaching Background
1- Introduction to sociology, Sociology of Marriage and Family in Sociology
Department, Faculty of Human Behavior, United States International University
(U.S.I.U), San Diego, CA., U.S.A.
2- Sociological Theories, Dep. of Sociology & Planning, in: Shiraz University,
Shiraz, Iran, 1983-5.
3- Sociological & Anthropological Theories, Social Problems in Iran, Social
Pathology, in B.A., Dep. of Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran,
1986-9.
4- Sociological Theories, Anthropological Theories, Sociology of Religion, Sociology
of Knowledge, Moslem Social Philosophers, in: M.A. Program, Dep. of Sociology,
Arak Azad Islamic University, Arak, Iran, 1989- continuing as part-time.
5- Sociological Theories, Anthropological Theories, in: M.A. Program, Dep. of
sociology, University Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran, 1991-4.
6- Sociological Theories, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Knowledge, Moslem
Social Philosophers, in: M.A. Program, Dep. of Sociology, Islamic Azad
University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran, 1997- continuing as full-time.
7- Critical Points in Sociological Theories, in: Ph.D. Program, Science & Technology
Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, 1999.
8- Critical Points in Sociological Theories, Meta-theory in Sociological Theories, in
Ph.D. Program, Dep. of Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran
Branch, Tehran, Iran, 2002- continuing as full-time.
9- Authorized trainer and speaker in Gonabadi Sufi Sect, 1999- 2011.
10- Historical Sociology for Ph.D. students, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran
Branch.
Administrative Positions
1- Social Counselor of the Iranian Presidential Office, Tehran, Iran, 1982-3.
2- Vice President of Research Department, Islamic Azad University, Kerman Branch.
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3. 3- Dean of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Arak Islamic Azad University,
Arak, Iran, 1989-1980.
4- Dean of Graduate Studies Faculty, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Iran,
1980-1997.
5- Dean of Sociology Graduate Department, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch,
Iran, 1989- to the present.
6- Head of Sociology Department (serving B.A., M.A. & Ph.D. programs), Tehran
Islamic Azad University, The Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran, 2001-4.
7- Head of the faculty of Psychology & Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University,
Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran, 2004-5.
8- President of Vali-Asr University Complex, (Training almost 12000 students in more
than 50 various …… Islamic Azad University (IAU), Central Tehran Branch,
Tehran, Iran, 2004-5.
9- Editor in Chief of Journal of Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Ashtian
Branch, Iran, 2005-… .
10- Head of Graduation Office of the Islamic Azad University , Central Tehran Branch
2005-2006`
11- Head of Iranian Symbolic Association of Interpretative Sociology, (ISAIS).
Research Studies
1- “Socio-Economic Study of Mahan City”, sponsored by Kerman Civil Engineering
Office, Kerman Province.Kerman, Iran. 1988-9.
2- “Marginal Life: Vali- Abad & Saleh- Abad, sponsored by Arak Planning and
Budget Organization, Arak, Iran, 1993-4.
3- “Sociological Study of Class Knowledge and Structure in Marginal Areas: The
Case of Beejeh”, Research Journal of Sociology (2005), Ashtian Azad Islamic
University,Ashtian, Iran. vol 1.
4- “Sociological Study of Class and Social Knowledge in Iranian History” to get
published
Published Works
1- Introduction to Sociological Theories and Schools. 5th
ed. Mashad: Marandis.2004.
2- Introduction to Sociological Theories: Seven Articles. Tehran: Kheradmand.1993.
3- Applied Design for Writing a Dissertation. Kerman: Hamyar. 1994.
4- Sociology in Religions.Yazd: Bahabad .1994.
5- Sociological Theories, Written for Pyam-e-Nour University.6th
ed. Tehran: Payam-
e-Nour U.P. 2002.
6- Historical Sociology of Islam. Tehran: Rouzegar. 1999.
7- Theoretical Sociology of Islam. Mashhad: Sokhangostar. 2000.
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4. 8- Sociological Imagination in it's Historical Path. 13 vols. Tehran: Bahmanborna &
Elm.
1- Theoretical Sociology: Basis, Concepts and Principles.vol 1.
2003, fourth print: 2013.
2- Religious Sociology in Ancient East. vol 2. 2002, second print:
2011.
3- Philosophical-Religious Sociology in Ancient West. Vol. 3. 2003.
4- Vanguard Sociology in New West. (Analytical Recognition of
modern Sociological Theories, Incoming Modernity) 2nd
ed. Vol.
5. 2002, second print: 2009.
5- Sociology of Knowledge and Epistemology of Theory. 2012,
second print: 2015.
6- Analytical Recognition of modern Sociological Theories,
Intermediate Modernity, 2012.
7- Analytical Recognition of modern Sociological Theories,
Modernity in passaging, 2012.
8- Analytical Recognition of modern Sociological Theories, Recent
Modernity, 2015.
9- Historical Sociology of Theories Among Muslim Thinkers: A
Selective Approach. Vol. 10. 2005, second print: 2010.
10- Sociological Perspectives among Sufi Elites: A Selective
Approach. Vol. 11. 2007.
9- Theories of Sociology, for Under-graduate Students. Mashhad: Marandis, Spring
2008, fourth print with Bahmanborna: 2015.
10- An Interview: A Sociological look at Forough-e-Farrokhzaad’ Poems,
Bahmanborna: 2014.
Research Papers
1- Tanhaie, H.A. “Herbert Blumer’s Theoretical Importance in Sociology of
Knowledge.”Isfahan University Journal of Research (1999). Vol. 1-2.
2- Tanhie, H.A.Beejeh, “Sociological Study of Class Knowledge and Structure in
Marginal Areas: The Case of Beejeh”, Research Journal of Sociology (2005),
Ashtian Azad Islamic University,Ashtian, Iran. Vol. 1.
3- Tanhaie, H.A. “A Theoretical Analysis of Bourdieu's Sociology of Knowledge”.
Ashtian Journal of Social Sciences (2005).vol. 1-2.
4- Tanhaie,H.A. “A Study of the Importance and Role of Multi-meaning Aspect of
Concept in Structuring and Knowing Theory”. Ashtian Journal of Sociology
(2007). Vol. 4.
5- Tanhaie, H.A.“Mutual Implication of the Structure of Role and Action in Mead’s
Theory”.Ashtian Journal of Social Sciences (2005) vol. 6.
6- Tanhaie,H.A..“A Review of Zeitlin’s Examination of Dialectical Perspective of
Mead’s Theory of Self, Action”.Ashtian Journal of Sociology(2007).vol. 1.
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5. 7- Tanhaie & Abdi. “An Analysis of Mead’s Social Development Model of Iranian
Society during the First Pahlavi Reign”. Ashtian Journal of Social Sciences (2006).
Vol. 3.
8- Tanhaie & Abbasi. “A Comparative Study of 13-19 Year-Old Boys and Girls’
Criminal Behaviors Living in Babol to Those Living Noushahr”. Ashtian Journal of
Social Sciences(2007).vol. 1.
9- Tanhaie & Shekarbeigi.“Globalization, Modernization and Family in Iran”. Ashtian
Journal of Social Sciences( 2007). Vol. 3.
10- Tanhie & Abbasi.“A Study of the Influence of Employment on Daily Criminal
Behaviors”. Ashtian Journal of Social Sciences (2004). Vol. 3.
11- Tanhaie & Kharkhaneh. “A Meta- theoretical Review of of Fundamental
Interpretive of the First Pahlavi Stratification”. Ashtian Journal of Social Sciences
(2007. ). Vol. 4.
12- Tanhaie, H.A.“A Qualitative Methodological Paradigm: An Action Analysis of
Ervin Goffman’s Theories of the 2008 Elective RalliesBetween MacCane and
Obama”. Ashtian Journal of Social Sciences (2008). Vol. 2.
13- Tanhaie & Ghaderi. “A Study of Giddens’s Theoretical and Historical
Background”. Ashtian Journal of Social Sciences (2008). Vol. 1.
14- Tanhaie, H.A. “A Sociological Study of Happiness based on Blumer’s Theory of
Collective Behaviors and Social Movements”. Ashtian Journal of Social Sciences
(2008). Vol. 3.
15- Tanhaie & Tajoddini.“Social Capital and Life-style”. Ashtian Journal of Social
Sciences (2008). Vol. 4.
16- Tanhaie , Shiri Aminloo & Sanaat Zadeh. “A Study of the Iranian Youngsters’
Aggressiveness Backgrounds”. Ashtian Journal of Social Sciences (2009). Vol. 1.
17- Tanhaie & Hazrati.“A Theoretical Study of Social Capital Research in Iran”.
Abhar’s Journal of Behavioral Sciences ( 2009). The Introductory Edition.
18- Tanhaie & Panahi. “ A Study of the Approaches based on the Equality of Men’s
and Women’s Status and Its Influence on Family Relations”. Ashtian Journal of
Social Sciences( 2009). vol 3.
19- Tanhaie & Khademloo. “Mutual Implication of the 1950s and 2000s Social and
Historical Changes with the Western Sociological Recent Theories”( 2009). Vol. 4.
20- Tanhaie, H.A.“A Sociological Study of the Relationship between Religious Beliefs
and Lifestyle based on Goffman’s Theory and Practice with an Emphasis on
Kermanshah City”. Roudhen Journal of Sociology (2010). Vol. 6.
21- Tanhaie, H. A.”An Exploratory Reflection on the Ideal Types for Replacement of
Models”. Journal of Contemporary Sociology of the IAU- Science and Research
Tehran Branch (2010). Vol. 4.ISC
22- Tanhaie & Arzbin.“A Sociological Study of the Consumption of Cosmetics among
the Students of Western Guilan”. Ashtian Journal of Social Sciences (2010). Vol. 2.
23- Tanhaie , Shiri Aminloo & Sanati.“A Study of the Effective Elements of Day
Markets on the Quality of Work during Holidays: A Customer’s Point of view”.
Babol’s Journal of Young Studies the Introductory Edition (2010).
24- Tanhaie, Ravadrad & Moridi. “A Discourse Analysis of the Middle-East Art: A
Study of the Formation of Artistic Rules in Contemporary Iranian Painting, Ashtian
Journal of Social Sciences (2010). Vol. 2.
25- Tanhaie & Khorrami.“Daily Life or Social Fact. The Newsletter of the Iranian
Cultural Studies and Communications Association of the College of Social
Sciences of Tehran University (2011). Vol. 11-12.
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6. 26- Tanhaie & Alizadeh.“A Functionalist Study of the Structures of Group Treatments
on Rehapilitation of the Actions and Conducts of the Addicted Members of
Rahpooyane Rahayee Center”. Ashtian Journal of Social Sciences (2011).
27- Tanhaie & Naderi.“A Study of Modern Changes in the Concept of Social
Structure”. Ashtian Journal of the Social Sciences (2011). Vol. 4.
28- Tanhaie & Hosseini Far,“A Sociological Study of the Role of Social Control and
Power Chains in People’s Happily Actions: a Case Study of 4shanbeh Souri in
Tehran”, 2010.
29- Tanhaie & Saadat Zadeh.“A Study of Sociological Influential Backgrounds of Not
Paying the Bills among the Citizens of Arak”. Ashtian Journal of Social Sciences
(2011). Vol. 2.
30- Tanhaie and Hakimi. “A Comparative Study of the Relations between the Concept
of Justice and Social Identity in Blumer (Interpretationist) to Giddens
(Structuralist). The Journal of Social Development Studies (2011). Vol. 1.
31- Tanhaie & Esfandiari.“A Study of Family and the Concept of Social Capital: A
Symbolic Interactionist Approach”. Ashtian Journal of Social Sciences (2013). Vol.
1.
32- Tanhaie & Mokhtari.“A Study of the Political Influences of the Iranian Agrarian
Reform on the Political Structure of the 70s”. Shooshtar’s Journal of Social
Sciences (2013). Vol. 21.
33- Tanhaie & Tavakkoli Vala,“An Analysis of the Classic Theories of Social
Stratification in Iran”. Ashtian Social Sciences ( 2013). Vol. 3.
34- Tanhaie , Ghassemi & Asadollahi“Sexual Taboo and its Influential Elements: A
Case Study of the 15-30 Year Old Youngsters in Tehran City”. Journal of
Sociological Studies of the Youth ( 2012).
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7. 26- Tanhaie & Alizadeh.“A Functionalist Study of the Structures of Group Treatments
on Rehapilitation of the Actions and Conducts of the Addicted Members of
Rahpooyane Rahayee Center”. Ashtian Journal of Social Sciences (2011).
27- Tanhaie & Naderi.“A Study of Modern Changes in the Concept of Social
Structure”. Ashtian Journal of the Social Sciences (2011). Vol. 4.
28- Tanhaie & Hosseini Far,“A Sociological Study of the Role of Social Control and
Power Chains in People’s Happily Actions: a Case Study of 4shanbeh Souri in
Tehran”, 2010.
29- Tanhaie & Saadat Zadeh.“A Study of Sociological Influential Backgrounds of Not
Paying the Bills among the Citizens of Arak”. Ashtian Journal of Social Sciences
(2011). Vol. 2.
30- Tanhaie and Hakimi. “A Comparative Study of the Relations between the Concept
of Justice and Social Identity in Blumer (Interpretationist) to Giddens
(Structuralist). The Journal of Social Development Studies (2011). Vol. 1.
31- Tanhaie & Esfandiari.“A Study of Family and the Concept of Social Capital: A
Symbolic Interactionist Approach”. Ashtian Journal of Social Sciences (2013). Vol.
1.
32- Tanhaie & Mokhtari.“A Study of the Political Influences of the Iranian Agrarian
Reform on the Political Structure of the 70s”. Shooshtar’s Journal of Social
Sciences (2013). Vol. 21.
33- Tanhaie & Tavakkoli Vala,“An Analysis of the Classic Theories of Social
Stratification in Iran”. Ashtian Social Sciences ( 2013). Vol. 3.
34- Tanhaie , Ghassemi & Asadollahi“Sexual Taboo and its Influential Elements: A
Case Study of the 15-30 Year Old Youngsters in Tehran City”. Journal of
Sociological Studies of the Youth ( 2012).
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