An Islamic Utopian: A Political Biography of Ali Shari'ati

by Ali Rahnema

Overview

Ali Sharìati 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 Sharìati's life and thought in the context of the complex and contradictory cultural, social and political conditions of the Iranian society that shaped him.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780768021
Publisher:	I. B. Tauris & Company
Publication date:	12/18/2013
Pages:	418
Sales rank:	286,723
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Ali Rahnema is Professor of Economics at the American University of Paris, France.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Political and Religious setting
2. Mohammad Taqi Shari'ati: Father and Teacher
3. The Movement of God-Worshipping Socialists
4. From Child to Adult
5. The Young Intellectual and Political Activitst
6. The University Years
7. Paris
8. Looking to the Future
9. Schooling in Paris
10. Homeward Bound
11. Mystical Murmers
12. Fictive Mind
13. At Mashhad University
14. Shari'ati's Audience and Discourse at the University of Masshad
15. A Cat and Mouse Game
16. Hosseiniyeh Ershad
17. Ershad
18. Restoration
19. The Word
20. Insurrectionary Discourse
21. Cultivating Martyrs
22. Imprisonment
23. The Curtain Falls
Notes
Select Bibliograhy
Index