From a Misesian and Rothbardian perspective, can the absence of a unified and centralized state, under certain conditions, create greater space for political pluralism, institutional competition, and constraints on state power? Kurdistan might provide some answers.
Soleyman Abdi
Soleiman Abdi (b. 1978) is an Iranian Kurdish sociologist, translator, and independent researcher based in Iranian Kurdistan. His intellectual work focuses on Austrian economics, libertarian political philosophy, individual liberty, the theory of the state, and the social and political thought of the Middle East. Abdi has translated major works of the Austrian and libertarian traditions into Persian, including Ludwig von Mises’s Human Action, Murray N. Rothbard’s What Has Government Done to Our Money?, and David Gordon’s Secession, State, and Liberty. He has also translated articles and essays by Walter Block, hans hermann hoppe and other libertarian scholars.
Alongside his translation work, Abdi has written books and essays examining freedom, violence, the state, markets, and Middle Eastern intellectual history from an Austrian and libertarian perspective. His published works include Middle East and Free Thought and Violence, State, and Market. His current research interests include Austrian social theory, Rothbardian political philosophy, natural rights, decentralization, the relationship between state power and markets, and the application of Austrian insights to the political and social conditions of the Middle East
