Ali Shari'ati And The Shaping Of Political Islam In Iran (middle East Today)

This Book tells The Story Of How Shari'ati Developed A Language Of Political Islam, Speaking In An Idiom Intelligible To The Iranian Public And Subverting The Shah's Regime And Its Claim To Legitimacy. By Kingshuk Chatterjee. "While Ayatollah Khomeini is considered the face of the Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979, Ali Shari'ati is considered a much greater influence on shaping the revolutionary consciousness than Khomeini. Acceptable to both modernists as well as Islamists, Shari'ati's radicalism inspired much of the resistance in urban Iran in the closing years of the Shah. Ali Shari'ati and the Shaping of Political Islam in Iran tells the story of how Shari'ati developed a language of political Islam, speaking in an idiom intelligible to the Iranian public, and subverting the Shah's regime and its claim to legitimacy"-- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Introduction....Pages 1-20 The Languages of Power and Politics in Modern Iran....Pages 21-45 Language of Opposition Politics in Late Pahlavi Iran....Pages 47-72 The World as Tauheed: Envisaging an Islamic Alternative....Pages 73-97 The Purpose of Political Order: The State or the People?....Pages 99-119 Sovereignty as Responsibility: Mazhab-e Aitraz ....Pages 121-151 The Individual as an Agent of Change: Khudsazi-ye Inqilabi ....Pages 153-173 The Ripples of a Revolution....Pages 175-195 Conclusion....Pages 197-201 Back Matter....Pages 203-274