Intellectual Decolonization and Redefining the Self in the works of Ali Shariati

Authors

  • Dr. Chimat Ladol Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Ladakh
  • Dr. Tenzin Nakdon Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Ladakh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2023.v08.n05.017

Keywords:

Iran, intellectuals, Ali Shariati, imperialism, decolonization

Abstract

History of modern Iran has been the history of external intervention and revolts against it. Like intellectuals all over the third world, intellectuals in Iran also played significant role in producing counter-discourses to Western imperialism. Debating modernity was a general theme, but condemnation and critique of the state and redefining Iranian identity dominated the works of intellectuals in nineteenth and early twentieth century. Ali Shariati provided an intellectual critique of the Western imperialism and explained the detachment of the self from its authentic nature. He proposed return to the self through revolt and therefore is often seen as an ideologue of the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

Author Biographies

Dr. Chimat Ladol, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Ladakh

Dr. Chimat Ladol received her Bachelor of Arts from Hindu College, University of Delhi. She did her Master’s and M.Phil. from the School of International Studies (SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was awarded the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 2020 from the Centre for West Asian Studies, JNU, New Delhi. Currently, she is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Ladakh, Leh Campus.

Dr. Tenzin Nakdon, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Ladakh

Dr. Tenzin Nakdon received her Bachelor of Arts from Gargi College, University of Delhi. She did her Master’s and M.Phil. from the School of International Studies (SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was awarded the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 2022 from the Centre for West Asian Studies, JNU, New Delhi. Currently, she is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Ladakh, Leh Campus.

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Published

15-05-2023

How to Cite

Ladol, C., & Nakdon, T. (2023). Intellectual Decolonization and Redefining the Self in the works of Ali Shariati. RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary, 8(5), 122–130. https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2023.v08.n05.017