Masud Zakaria
Philosopher | Writer | Researcher | Public Intellectual
Exploring the foundations of thinking, knowledge, education, and civilization through philosophy, research, writing, and public engagement.
“The future of civilization depends not merely on freedom of expression, but on freedom of thought.”
Research
All programmes →Theory of Intellectual Freedom
A systematic account of intellectual freedom as a condition prior to, and more fundamental than, freedom of expression.
Bangladesh and the Crisis of Thinking
An extended diagnosis of the intellectual condition of Bangladesh: why a society with immense human capacity produces so little original thought.
Knowledge-Producing Civilizations
A comparative study of the conditions under which civilizations become producers, rather than consumers, of knowledge.
Recent writing
All writing →Books
The bookshelf →Initiatives
All initiatives →The Freedom of Thought
Founder and Principal Investigator
Global Open Education
Founder
Bangladesh Polity
Executive Editor
Organization for Social Orientation
Executive Director