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This book tells the story of how Shari´ati developed a language of political Islam, speaking in an idiom intelligible to the Iranian public and subverting the Shah´s regime and its claim to legitimacy.

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The Languages of Power and Politics in Modern Iran Language of Opposition Politics in Late Pahlavi Iran The World as Tauheed: Envisaging an Islamic Alternative The Purpose of Political Order: the State or the People? Sovereignty as Responsibility: Mazhab-e Aitraz The Individual as an Agent of Change: Khudsazi-ye Inqilabi The Ripples of a Revolution Appendix: Shi´ism - A Brief Sketch of the Early Years Appendix II: Selected Works/Lectures of ´Ali Shari´ati

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Kingshuk Chatterjee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Calcutta University.

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