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

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Middle East Today (MIET)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Introduction

    • Kingshuk Chatterjee
    Pages 1-20
  3. The Languages of Power and Politics in Modern Iran

    • Kingshuk Chatterjee
    Pages 21-45
  4. Sovereignty as Responsibility: Mazhab-e Aitraz

    • Kingshuk Chatterjee
    Pages 121-151
  5. The Ripples of a Revolution

    • Kingshuk Chatterjee
    Pages 175-195
  6. Conclusion

    • Kingshuk Chatterjee
    Pages 197-201
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 203-274

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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