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‘Ali Shari’ati and the Shaping of Political Islam in Iran

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  • © 2011

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Authors:
  1. Kingshuk Chatterjee
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Part of the book series: Middle East Today (MIET)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Kingshuk Chatterjee
    Pages 1-20

  3. The Languages of Power and Politics in Modern Iran

    • Kingshuk Chatterjee
    Pages 21-45

  4. Language of Opposition Politics in Late Pahlavi Iran

    • Kingshuk Chatterjee
    Pages 47-72

  5. The World as Tauheed: Envisaging an Islamic Alternative

    • Kingshuk Chatterjee
    Pages 73-97

  6. The Purpose of Political Order: The State or the People?

    • Kingshuk Chatterjee
    Pages 99-119

  7. Sovereignty as Responsibility: Mazhab-e Aitraz

    • Kingshuk Chatterjee
    Pages 121-151

  8. The Individual as an Agent of Change: Khudsazi-ye Inqilabi

    • Kingshuk Chatterjee
    Pages 153-173

  9. The Ripples of a Revolution

    • Kingshuk Chatterjee
    Pages 175-195

  10. Conclusion

    • Kingshuk Chatterjee
    Pages 197-201

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 203-274
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About this book

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.

About the author

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

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