Ali Shariati and the Future of Social Theory
Subtitle: Religion, Revolution, and the Role of the Intellectual
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9789004351912
Subjects: Islam; Sociology; Religion and sociology
Description: In Ali Shariati and the Future of Social Theory: Religion, Revolution and the Role of the Intellectual, Dustin J. Byrd and Seyed Javad Miri bring together a collections of essays by a variety of scholars who explore the lasting influence of the Iranian sociologist and revolutionary, Ali Shariati. Thought to be the most important intellectual behind the Iranian Revolution of 1979, these essays engage in a future-oriented remembrance of Shariati's life and praxis, with the practical attempt to clarify, expand, and apply his liberational Islamic thought to modern conditions. Making use of Shariati's writings on Shi'a Islam and western philosophy, this text is especially important for those who want to understand the role that intellectuals, both religious and secular, can have in the liberation of mankind.