Garifolla YesimGarifolla Yesim (b. 1947) is a professor of historical, social and political philosophy. He has served as Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science at both Almaty State University (1992-98) and Kazakh National University (2001-10) in Alaty, Kazakhstan. He now teaches at Eurasian University in Astana while serving as a Senate deputy in the Kazakhstani government. He is an academic of top national honors who contributes regularly to national television and radio programs as well as newspaper and magazine publications. He has written numerous books and journal articles in both Kazakh and Russian, including The Elite Scholar Abai (1994), The Essence of Mind: Reflections on Politics and Culture (1995-2007, 10 vols), A History of Islamic Philosophy (2000 and 2004), Human-ity (2001), Kazakh Philosophy (2005), Kazakh Renaissance (2006), Political Philosophy (2009), The Philosophy of Independence (2011) and The Agony of Socialism (2012, English edition 2017). Read More Read Less