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On the Sociology of Islam

Ali Shariati

Islamic social thought / revolution

Shariati gave Islamic revolutionary thought its modern voice and shaped Iran's upheaval, making him central to politicized Islamic social theory.

Synopsis

Lectures recasting Islam as a revolutionary force for justice, reading its core symbols as a call to overturn oppression and build an egalitarian community.

Core passage idea

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Tawhid, the unity of God, implies the unity of humankind and a single classless order, so authentic Islam is a revolutionary stand against every form of domination and idolatry.

It transforms theology into a mobilizing political vision, fusing faith with the struggle against oppression.

To avoid a bubble

Pair with Karl Marx, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts.

Reading note

Read it as engaged lectures, not detached scholarship; attend to how religious symbols are reinterpreted as instruments of liberation.

Best paired with

Karl Marx, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts

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