'Ali Shari'ati and the Shaping of Political Islam in Iran

by K. Chatterjee

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349295111
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	05/25/2011
Series:	Middle East Today
Edition description:	1st ed. 2011
Pages:	274
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kingshuk Chatterjee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Calcutta University.

Table of Contents

The Languages of Power and Politics in Modern Iran Language of Opposition Politics in Late Pahlavi Iran The World as Tauheed: Envisaging an Islamic Alternative The Purpose of Political Order: the State or the People? Sovereignty as Responsibility: Mazhab-e Aitraz The Individual as an Agent of Change: Khudsazi-ye Inqilabi The Ripples of a Revolution Appendix: Shi'ism - A Brief Sketch of the Early Years Appendix II: Selected Works/Lectures of 'Ali Shari'ati