LEILI ADIBFAR: Ali Shariati: Islam, Modernity, and the Complicated Aesthetic of the Iranian Revolution
April 26, 2019
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
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.
Date posted
Mar 5, 2019
Date updated
Apr 18, 2019