Marxism and Other Western Fallacies : An Islamic Critique
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (861 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0933782055 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 109 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Ali Shari'ati (1933-1977) was a charismatic Iranian sociology teacher who had done his graduate studies in both Paris and Mahhad. About The Translator: R. About the Editor: Hamid Algar, the series editor for the books in the Contemporary Islamic Thought -- Persian Series, if professor of Persian and Islamic Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, where h
Language Notes Text: English, Persian (translation)
Great Honest seller. Product exactly as promised. Great eBayer. Not really scholarly, and I don't think he ever actually read Marx, but He does express the idea that the west has constantly moved away from god(s), whereas the Middle East has consistently embrace Allah within its political process. Because of this there is an inherent divide in understanding between the two regions when it comes to understanding each others politics. I don't know what this thought had never occurred to me before, but it is now very clear. I plan to incorporate that concept into my lectures on Middle Eastern politics.
He examines the characteristic refusal of the major freedom-seeking movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centures to accept any spiritual dimension in man. He discusses the established religions, bourgeois liberalism, and existentialism, beginning with their fundamental notions of man. Gradually and eloquently, he expounds his persoai view of Islam as the philosophy of human liberation.. Shari'ati analyzes its roots in materialism, its relation to the Hegelian dialectric, its preoccupation with matters of production, the sources of its diametrical opposition to Islam, Marx's objection to religion, and other crucial aspects to Marxism.But his attention is not confined to Marxism alone. He warns that great case must be taken in this day of search and upheaval to examine the prevailing movements that promise solutions for humanity.Marxism, which holds special appeal for the world's oppressed peoples and those sensitive to their suffering because of its emphasis on justice, merits particularly close scrutiny. Throughout hs inquiry, Shari'ati offers comparisons with the ideology of Islam, drawing upon the principles and precepts contained in the Qur'an as well as cultural material from the history of Islamic society. Throughout history, Shari'ati reminds us in these lectures and writings, people in search of deliverance from constricting social and intellectual systems have all too often followed influential thinkers out of one form of capivi