Ali Shariati Mazinani was an Iranian revolutionary and sociologist whose work is largely on the sociology of religion. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential Iranian intellectuals of the 20th century, and has been dubbed the “ideologue of the Iranian Revolution.” Despite experiencing an illustrious career shortened by an early death, he is reported to have authored more than a hundred books.
This book is based on Shariati’s private lectures delivered on various occasions, formerly compiled and printed under the title of Man, Islam and Western Schools of Thought and comprised of three chapters; “On Humanism,” “Modern Calamities,” and “Humanity Between Marxism and Religion.” It is this text, with an inclusion of an additional chapter, “Mysticism, equality, and Freedom,” that forms the basis of the present book titled Marxism and Other Western Fallacies‘ (a title coined by its editor).
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