IDEAS IN MOTION

Gold, Force, and Deceit: The Revolutionary Sociology of Ali Shariati's Tawhid and the Trinity of Oppression


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This episode, based on a chapter from a book titled "Conscientious Sociology" on Ali Shariati's Committed Sociology, undertakes a critical analysis of Shariati's intellectual framework to position him within the broader committed-critical paradigm of social thought. The text argues that complex phenomena like humanity and history cannot be reduced to simple inherent traits, challenging reductionist views in favour of a more nuanced sociological approach. A central theme is Shariati's concept of Tawhid (monotheism), which is presented not merely as a religious belief but as a radical, supra-ideological worldview that seeks to liberate and restructure all human and social institutions by overcoming dualities and contradictions. Crucially, the analysis focuses on extracting Shariati's underlying domain assumptions in ontology and epistemology, demonstrating that his ideas possess a logical coherence rooted in a dialectical relationship between reality and truth, theory and liberating action (praxis).

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IDEAS IN MOTIONBy Dr S A Hamed Hosseini