An Islamic Utopian
A Political Biography of Ali Shariati
Published on 13. December 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-1-78076-802-1 (ISBN)
Description
Ali Shariati is, for many, the ideological father of the Iranian revolution. A charismatic leader and teacher, his radical blend of Islam and Marxism mobilized a whole generation of young Iranians. Now available in paperback, this full-length political biography looks at Ali Shariati's life and thought in the context of the complex and contradictory cultural, social and political conditions of the Iranian society that shaped him.
Reviews / Votes
This is an outstanding book for its erudition, balance and perception, and a worthy study of an outstanding intellectual figure. Professor Vanessa Martin, Bulletin of SOAS - Rahnema's excellent study deserves the attention of every student of modern Iran. Professor Ali. M. Ansari, The University of St Andrews 'Ali Rahnema's excellent political biography of the radical Iranian intellectual Ali .Shari 'ati...follows the development of his thought skillfully - Rahnema is to be thanked for providing such a readable account of this complex and important man.' Charles Tripp, Times Literary Supplement Ali Rahnema balances sympathy for his subject with scholarly objectivity. He writes with a fluency and charm rare in academic books, sweeping the reader along with his enthusiasm and energy.' Shusha Guppy, Times Higher Educational SupplementMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
697 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78076-802-1 (9781780768021)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Ali Rahnema is Professor of Economics at the American University of Paris, France.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Political and Religious setting
The Tudeh Party
The Kasravi Tendency
2.Mohammad Taqi Shari'ati: Father and Teacher
The Centre for the Propagation of Islamic Truths
The Centre and the Oil Nationalization Movement
The Influence of the Centre
3.The Movement of God-Worshipping Socialists
The Split
The Homespun Ideology
4.From Child to Adult
Ali's Primary School
Secondary School
The Adult Child
Contradictory Moods
Ali and his Books
5.The Young Intellectual and Political Activitst
The League for the Freedom of Iranian People
The Political Agitator
Translations
The Median Schools of Islam
Khorasan
6.The University Years
Political Discontent
New Sparks, Friends, Teachers
A Patron of Modern Poetry
Imprisonment, Marriage and Graduation
7.Paris
Observation, Introspection and Adjustment
Political Revival and Radicalization (1960-1964)
Discrete Presence
Penmanship
The Congress of the World Federation of Iranian Students
8.Looking to the Future
The Pen
Socio-political activities
The death of Ali's mother
Beyond the National Front
Iran-e-Azad
The Lausanne Congress
9.Schooling in Paris
A Classical Education
The Genuine Foundation of Knowledge
Massignon
Gurvitch
Berque
Fanon
Sartre
Theoretical Bridge-building
The Islamic Alternative
10.Homeward Bound
Salman-e-Pak
A Guide to Khorasan
Applying to Mashhad University
11.Mystical Murmers
Shari'ati's retreat
The Need for God
Shari'ati's Gnosticism
Mystical Experiences
Annihilation and Assimilation of God
Gnosticism and Politics
12.Fictive Mind
Shari'ati, Sham, Chandel
Chandel and Chapelle
Shari'ati and Solange
Solange's death and resurrection
Three epids of the fictive mind
13.At Mashhad University
The Jacobins
The Medium
A Patron of Cultural Activities
The Relief Worker
A Diversion : Shari'ati and Jalal-e Al-e Ahmad
14.Shari'ati's Audience and Discourse at the University of Masshad
Eslamshenasi
The intellectual left and Shari'ati
The revolutionary left and Shari'ati
The religious establishment reacts
15.A Cat and Mouse Game
Interrogations
The ban on public lectures
A mind under pressure
16.Hosseiniyeh Ershad
The First Phase
The Second Phase
The Hejazi Affair
Shari'ati's first taste of Ershad
The return to Ershad
17.Ershad
A Disturbing Iconoclast
The Backlash
The struggle for Ershad
An unexpected reinstatement
18.Restoration
The Nascent Iranian Guerrilla Movement
Shari'ati's Ershad
The clerical opposition to Shari'ati
Mosaddeqist Criticism
The challenges of the revolutionaries
19.The Word
Educational lectures: The History and Mastery of Religions
A Radical Islamic Ideology
20.Insurrectionary Discourse
Religious subversion
Political subversion
The complete Shi'i party
21.Cultivating Martyrs
Ershad: the revolutionary beehive
The closer of Ershad
22.Imprisonment
The Komiteh Prison
A New Day
Freedom and Confusion
Revisionism: by choice or freedom?
23.The Curtain Falls
Rationalization or radicalization?
Hejira and Death
Epiloguse
Notes
Select Bibliograhy
Index
Acknowledgments
The Political and Religious setting
The Tudeh Party
The Kasravi Tendency
2.Mohammad Taqi Shari'ati: Father and Teacher
The Centre for the Propagation of Islamic Truths
The Centre and the Oil Nationalization Movement
The Influence of the Centre
3.The Movement of God-Worshipping Socialists
The Split
The Homespun Ideology
4.From Child to Adult
Ali's Primary School
Secondary School
The Adult Child
Contradictory Moods
Ali and his Books
5.The Young Intellectual and Political Activitst
The League for the Freedom of Iranian People
The Political Agitator
Translations
The Median Schools of Islam
Khorasan
6.The University Years
Political Discontent
New Sparks, Friends, Teachers
A Patron of Modern Poetry
Imprisonment, Marriage and Graduation
7.Paris
Observation, Introspection and Adjustment
Political Revival and Radicalization (1960-1964)
Discrete Presence
Penmanship
The Congress of the World Federation of Iranian Students
8.Looking to the Future
The Pen
Socio-political activities
The death of Ali's mother
Beyond the National Front
Iran-e-Azad
The Lausanne Congress
9.Schooling in Paris
A Classical Education
The Genuine Foundation of Knowledge
Massignon
Gurvitch
Berque
Fanon
Sartre
Theoretical Bridge-building
The Islamic Alternative
10.Homeward Bound
Salman-e-Pak
A Guide to Khorasan
Applying to Mashhad University
11.Mystical Murmers
Shari'ati's retreat
The Need for God
Shari'ati's Gnosticism
Mystical Experiences
Annihilation and Assimilation of God
Gnosticism and Politics
12.Fictive Mind
Shari'ati, Sham, Chandel
Chandel and Chapelle
Shari'ati and Solange
Solange's death and resurrection
Three epids of the fictive mind
13.At Mashhad University
The Jacobins
The Medium
A Patron of Cultural Activities
The Relief Worker
A Diversion : Shari'ati and Jalal-e Al-e Ahmad
14.Shari'ati's Audience and Discourse at the University of Masshad
Eslamshenasi
The intellectual left and Shari'ati
The revolutionary left and Shari'ati
The religious establishment reacts
15.A Cat and Mouse Game
Interrogations
The ban on public lectures
A mind under pressure
16.Hosseiniyeh Ershad
The First Phase
The Second Phase
The Hejazi Affair
Shari'ati's first taste of Ershad
The return to Ershad
17.Ershad
A Disturbing Iconoclast
The Backlash
The struggle for Ershad
An unexpected reinstatement
18.Restoration
The Nascent Iranian Guerrilla Movement
Shari'ati's Ershad
The clerical opposition to Shari'ati
Mosaddeqist Criticism
The challenges of the revolutionaries
19.The Word
Educational lectures: The History and Mastery of Religions
A Radical Islamic Ideology
20.Insurrectionary Discourse
Religious subversion
Political subversion
The complete Shi'i party
21.Cultivating Martyrs
Ershad: the revolutionary beehive
The closer of Ershad
22.Imprisonment
The Komiteh Prison
A New Day
Freedom and Confusion
Revisionism: by choice or freedom?
23.The Curtain Falls
Rationalization or radicalization?
Hejira and Death
Epiloguse
Notes
Select Bibliograhy
Index