Thinkers
Ali Shariati
Shariati used sociology, religion, and revolutionary language to inspire Iranian intellectual and political currents.
Notable contribution
Recast Shi'i symbols as resources for anti-oppression activism and social renewal.
Profile notes
- His lectures drew large audiences before the Iranian Revolution.
- He contrasted living, justice-oriented religion with passive inherited religiosity.
- His work remains influential and contested in Iranian and Shi'i political thought.