Beyond Shariati: Modernity, Cosmopolitanism, And Islam In Iranian Political Thought

Ali Shariati (1933-77) has been called by many the 'ideologue of the Iranian Revolution'. An inspiration to many of the revolutionary generation, Shariati's combination of Islamic political thought and Left-leaning ideology continues to influence both in Iran and across the wider Muslim world. In this book, Siavash Saffari examines Shariati's long-standing legacy, and how new readings of his works by contemporary 'neo-Shariatis' have contributed to a deconstruction of the false binaries of Islam/modernity, Islam/West, and East/West. Saffari argues that through their critique of Eurocentric metanarratives on the one hand, and the essentialist conceptions of Islam on the other, Shariati and neo-Shariatis have carved out a new space in Islamic thought beyond the traps of Orientalism and Occidentalism. This unique perspective will hold great appeal to researchers of the politics and intellectual thought of post-revolutionary Iran and the greater Middle East.

• | Author: Siavash Saffari
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: May 30, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 219 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1316615758
• | ISBN-13: 9781316615751