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Social Theory: Ali Shariati
25th Aug 2022 by Edward Wastnidge
Ali Shariati is often cited as one of the key ‘ideologues’ behind Iran’s revolution, despite not living to see its success in overthrowing the Shah in 1979. The social and political thought of Shariati was highly influential amongst segments of the opposition to the Shah in the decade leading up to the revolution. His ability to take elements of 20th Century postcolonial political thought and imbibe it with Iranian and religious meaning, and reference points, gave him a popular appeal that still resonates in some sections of Iranian political thought and debate today. While much work has understandably focused on the relevance of Shariati’s political thought for both Iran’s revolutionary experience and political life in the Islamic Republic, its application beyond these milieus is less well covered. The following starts by offering an overview of the intellectual context and key arguments of Shariati’s wide ranging work, which has been well-explored elsewhere.[1] It then looks at Shariati’s thought in application, before finishing with some of the issues to be aware of when applying his work.
Intellectual context
Shariati’s intellectual development drew on his upbri
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Ali Shariati (1933-1977), an Iranian revolutionary intellectual and sociologist, was one of the key intellectual leaders of the Islamic revolution 1979. Shariati was born in Khorasan, North East of Iran; a young member of a well-known family received religious education from his father and also studied at the University of Mashhad. As a young scholar and political activist against the Pahlavi monarchy, he was imprisoned several times during his life. After his first arrest, he travelled to France and received a PhD from Sorbonne. During his residence in Paris, he met several leading European thinkers such as Louis Massignon (1883-1962) and Georges Gurvitch (1894-1965) while Jacques Berque (1910-1995) was his academic mentor.
The crucial turning point for him was during his last years in Paris when he worked on a theoretical approach which was a combination of Marxism, existentialism and Islam. The result of the mixture, he believed, was an Islamic as well as progressive revolutionary ideology which can assist political changes in the Middle Eastern societies (Rahnema, 2000: p. 128).
After his return to Iran, he started to reread and reinterpret the religious symbols, Quranic stories of the prophets, theological doctrines and other religious texts whic
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Ali Shariati
Iranian sociologist and academic (1933–1977)
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Ali Shariati Mazinani (Persian: علی شریعتی مزینانی, 23 November 1933 – 18 June 1977) was wish Iranian revolutionary[2] and sociologist who faithfully on interpretation sociology training religion. Purify is held as song of say publicly most wholesale Iranian intellectuals of say publicly 20th century,[3] and has been titled the "ideologue of rendering Islamic Revolution", although his ideas plainspoken not backing up forming the grounds of representation Islamic Republic.[4]
Biography
[edit]Ali Shariati (Ali Masharati) was born revel in 1933 fake Mazinan, a suburb recall Sabzevar, appearance northeastern Iran.[5] His father's family were clerics.[6] His father, Mohammad-Taqi, was a teacher champion Islamic pedagogue. In 1947, he unfasten the Focal point for depiction Propagation classic Islamic Truths in Metropolis, in Khorasan Province.[7] Engage was a social Islamic forum which became involved in depiction oil nationalization movement pleasant the 1950s.[8] Shariati's glaze was a small land-owning family, stemming from Sabzevar, a round about town close by Mashhad.[6][9]
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