NADER AHMADI is a Senior Lecturer at Stockholm University, Sweden.FERESHTEH AHMADI is a Researcher at Uppsala University, Sweden.

• Introduction; F. Ahmadi and N. Ahmadi PART ONE: PHILOSOPHICAL OBSTACLES; F. Ahmadi Short Introduction to the Concept of the Individual in the Western Thought The Importance of Sufism in the Study of the Concept of the Individual in the Ways of Thinking of Iranians The Dissolution of Individuality in Persian Sufism The Socio-Cultural Effects of Sufism on the Social Life of Iranians PART TWO: SOCIAL OBSTACLES; N. Ahmadi Individuality and Social Reality Individuality and Politics Individuality and the System of Law Epilogue; F. Ahmadi and N. Ahmadi Bibliography Index

NADER AHMADI is a Senior Lecturer at Stockholm University, Sweden.FERESHTEH AHMADI is a Researcher at Uppsala University, Sweden.

• Introduction; F. Ahmadi and N. Ahmadi PART ONE: PHILOSOPHICAL OBSTACLES; F. Ahmadi Short Introduction to the Concept of the Individual in the Western Thought The Importance of Sufism in the Study of the Concept of the Individual in the Ways of Thinking of Iranians The Dissolution of Individuality in Persian Sufism The Socio-Cultural Effects of Sufism on the Social Life of Iranians PART TWO: SOCIAL OBSTACLES; N. Ahmadi Individuality and Social Reality Individuality and Politics Individuality and the System of Law Epilogue; F. Ahmadi and N. Ahmadi Bibliography Index

NADER AHMADI is a Senior Lecturer at Stockholm University, Sweden.FERESHTEH AHMADI is a Researcher at Uppsala University, Sweden.

• Introduction; F. Ahmadi and N. Ahmadi PART ONE: PHILOSOPHICAL OBSTACLES; F. Ahmadi Short Introduction to the Concept of the Individual in the Western Thought The Importance of Sufism in the Study of the Concept of the Individual in the Ways of Thinking of Iranians The Dissolution of Individuality in Persian Sufism The Socio-Cultural Effects of Sufism on the Social Life of Iranians PART TWO: SOCIAL OBSTACLES; N. Ahmadi Individuality and Social Reality Individuality and Politics Individuality and the System of Law Epilogue; F. Ahmadi and N. Ahmadi Bibliography Index