An Islamic Utopian: Political Biography of Ali Shari'ati

By:Ali Rahnama

418 pages

ISBN:1860645526

This book provides a new understanding of a man who played a significant part in the Iranian revolution and an analysis of a current of political Islam that has influenced movements throughout the Middle East. This full-length political biography looks at Ali Shari`ati's life and thought in the context of the complex and contradictory cultural, social, and political conditions of the Iranian society that shaped him.