Apr 26 2019

LEILI ADIBFAR: Ali Shariati: Islam, Modernity, and the Complicated Aesthetic of the Iranian Revolution

April 26, 2019

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Shariati

Location

Henry Hall 106

Address

935 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60612

Leili Adibfar, Ph.D. Student, UIC Dept. of Art History

Ali Shariati: Islam, Modernity, and the Complicated Aesthetic of the Iranian Revolution

Intellectual investigations of Ali Shariati, the Iranian sociologist who is known as the main ideologue of the Iranian revolution of 1979, reveal a body of work that is formed upon a contradictory synthesis of Islamic thought and modern Western theories. Indeed, any assessment of his work and of diverse responses to it brings to the fore the challenge to frame him as a consistent thinker. Beyond his personal life, however, this conundrum unfolds the contradictory nature of the historical moment and milieu to which he belonged. This talk contextualizes the ways Shariati’s revolutionary ideas were shaped through an analysis of his take on art and aesthetics, which were influential on—and in conversation with—the visual discourse of official revolutionary artists on the eve of the Iranian Revolution.

Contact

Art History

Date posted

Mar 5, 2019

Date updated

Apr 18, 2019