Muhammad Legenhausen has a Ph.D. in philosophy from Rice University in USA. He has taught philosophy at some American universities.
The essays presented by the author here were written in Iran over a period of about ten years (1989-1999). The title of the collection is not meant to suggest that these are the most important topics of contemporary Islamic thought, merely that they are some topics of current discussion among Muslims. These are semi-popular essays written with several purposes in mind.