Omid Payrow Shabani

Omid A. Payrow Shabani (1962-2023) was an Iranian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph. Payrow Shabani was known for his expertise on constitutional patriotism, Iranian politics and Jürgen Habermas's philosophy.^[1][2][3] He was awarded an Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2002.^[4]

Omid Payrow Shabani
Born	1962 (1962) Iran
Died	2023 (aged 60–61) Toronto
Awards	Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
Education
Alma mater	University of Ottawa (PhD), Carleton University (BA, MA)
Thesis	Discourse Ethics, Power, and Legitimacy: The Ideal of Democracy and the Task of Critical Theory in Habermas (2000)
Doctoral advisor	Will Kymlicka
Philosophical work
Era	21st century Philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental
Institutions	University of Guelph
Main interests	political philosophy, post-Kantian philosophy, ethics
Website	https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/philosophy/people/omid-payrow-shabani

Books

• Democracy, Power, and Legitimacy: Critical Theory of Jürgen Habermas, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003
• Multiculturalism and the Law: A Critical Debate, University of Wales Press, March 2007.
• Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy, eds. Omid Payrow Shabani and Monique Deveaux, Oxford University Press, 2014

See also

• Douglas Moggach
• Kantian ethics