Chatterjee, Kingshuk. creator text bibliography biography nyu New York, NY Palgrave Macmillan 2011 1st ed. monographic eng

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xiv, 274 p. ; 22 cm. "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"-- 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 prder: 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 I : Shi'ism : a brief sketch of the early years -- Appendix II : Selected works/lectures of 'Ali Shari'ati. Kingshuk Chatterjee. Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-267) and index. a-ir--- Sharīʻatī, ʻAlī Islam and politics Iran Muslim scholars Iran POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Leadership RELIGION / Islam / General Iran Politics and government BP80.S517 C43 2011 320.5/570955 POL010000 POL025000 REL037000 9780230113336 2010049232 DLC 101117 20170105102915.0 16542133