Ali Shariati is remembered in public life for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Ali Shariati as Iranian writer, scholar of Islam, and political activist(1933-1977).
Ali Shariati was born at Mazinan in 1933. His recorded nationality is Iran. He was educated at Faculty of Arts of Paris and Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
His political affiliation is recorded as Freedom Movement of Iran.
The test of a public life is what remained possible afterwards that had not been possible before.
That the career was made in Iran is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Ali Shariati died in 1977, aged 44. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- Educated at Faculty of Arts of Paris and Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
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