Ali Shari'ati and the shaping of political Islam in Iran
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2011 - Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
68,500 words, Guess
Page Count
274 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780230113336
- ISBN-100230113338
- Library of Congress Control Number2010049232
- OCLC Control Number682891267
- Better World Books9780230113336
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL24914855M
Classifications
- DDC320.5/570955
- LCCBP80.S517 C43 2011
- LCCJC11-607B65JQ1758-18
Description
"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"--
Subjects
Series Statement
- Middle East today
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