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(s): Siavash Saffari
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2017
Language: English
Tags: Religion, Islam, Theology, Religious Studies, Religionswissenschaft, Middle East Studies, Area Studies, History of Ideas, Politics and International Relations, Middle East Government, Politics and Policy
Beyond Shariatipp i-ii
Beyond Shariati - Title pagepp iii-iii
Copyright pagepp iv-iv
Contentspp v-vi
Introductionpp 1-20
Between Cultural Essentialism and Hegemonic Universalism
1 - Postrevolutionary Readings of a Revolutionary Islamic Discoursepp 21-45
2 - Islamic Thought in Encounter with Colonial Modernitypp 46-73
3 - A Postcolonial Discourse of Public Religionpp 74-101
4 - The Enlightenment Subject and a Religiously Mediated Subjectivitypp 102-133
5 - Orientalism, Occidentalism, and the Civilizational Frameworkpp 134-164
Conclusionpp 165-180
Toward a Postcolonial Cosmopolitanism
Bibliographypp 181-202
Indexpp 203-213
