Ali Shariati

Ali Shariati
علی شریعتی
Shariati in 1972
Born
Ali Shariati Mazinani

(1933-11-23)23 November 1933
Died18 June 1977(1977-06-18) (aged 43)
Resting placeSayyidah Zaynab Mosque, Damascus, Syria
33°26′41.8″N 36°20′30.6″E / 33.444944°N 36.341833°E / 33.444944; 36.341833
NationalityIranian
Alma materFerdowsi University of Mashhad
University of Paris (Ph.D.)
Occupation(s)Sociologist, Historian
Years active1952–1975
EmployerFerdowsi University of Mashhad
OrganizationHosseiniye Ershad
Political partyFreedom Movement of Iran[1]
SpousePouran Shariat Razavi
Children4

Ali Shariati Mazinani (Persian: علی شریعتی مزینانی,  23 November 1933 – 18 June 1977) was an Iranian revolutionary[2] and sociologist who focused on the sociology of religion. He is held as one of the most influential Iranian intellectuals of the 20th century,[3] and has been called the "ideologue of the Islamic Revolution", although his ideas did not end up forming the basis of the Islamic Republic.[4]

  1. ^ Houchang Chehabi, Rula Jurdi Abisaab (2006). Distant Relations: Iran and Lebanon in the Last 500 Years. I.B.Tauris. p. 183. ISBN 1860645615.
  2. ^ "30th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Islamic Republic". Qantara. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  3. ^ Gheissari, Ali. 1998. Iranian Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century. Austin: University of Texas Press.
  4. ^ Abrahamian, Ervand. 1993. "Ali Shariati: Ideologue of the Iranian Revolution". In Edmund Burke and Ira Lapidus (eds.), Islam, Politics, and Social Movements. Los Angeles: University of California Press. First published in MERIP Reports (January 1982): 25–28.