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.

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

Inhalt
The Languages of Power and Politics in Modern Iran Language of Opposition Politics in Late Pahlavi Iran The World as Tauheed: Envisaging an Islamic Alternative The Purpose of Political Order: the State or the People? Sovereignty as Responsibility: Mazhab-e Aitraz The Individual as an Agent of Change: Khudsazi-ye Inqilabi The Ripples of a Revolution Appendix: Shi'ism - A Brief Sketch of the Early Years Appendix II: Selected Works/Lectures of 'Ali Shari'ati