Ali Shariati and Crafting a Collective Revolutionary Islamic Identity for Women

A Socio-Historical Perspective

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ID2309314
AuthorsMahbubeh Moqadam (0009-0000-3751-7474, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume60
Issue3
Pages1943-1957
Publication date2025-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00219096231207891
OpenAlexW4388046917
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited15

The literature on Ali Shariati, 'the ideologue'' of ''the Iranian revolution,' and his arguments about women presents varied views, including rejection, criticism, and confirmation. While this literature is instructive, it primarily interprets Shariati's texts from today's socio-political perspective, and it thus lacks an analytical dimension that examines how and why Shariati's ideas profoundly influenced numerous Iranian women in the 1970s. By revisiting the global and local socio-historical context of the 1970s and analyzing its influence on Iranian society, particularly the youth, as well as on Shariati's perceptions and ideas about women's social role within that socio-political context, this paper argues that Shariati crafted a 'collective revolutionary Islamic identity' for women. This concept underscores the socio-historical and political significance of Shariati's arguments about Muslim women in the political setting leading up to the revolution of 1979

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