Ali Şeriatı - Bir İslami Ütopistin Siyasi Biyografisi

To understand the human side of Ali Sharati, the nature and customs of the time and place in which he lived must be understood.

In the society he lived in, bravery, dignity and sacrifice were virtues. Sacrifice made for the sake of dignity brings pain. The pleasure of pain and longing becomes the engine of life. Valuable people in this society; They are those who have a pain, live with it and never reveal it. What makes a person human are the scars inside and outside. Carefree people who are fond of pleasure and fun are children who need to mature. In this tradition, the aim of romantic young people in falling in love is not to consummate their love, but to embrace longing and pain. This is how platonic love is understood in the East. The creativity and originality that comes from pain is poured into the poems, prose and sketches produced by young people like Seriati. Seriati's poetry, whether romantic, political or suicidal, told a story of pain. All of his emotional love stories and the passionate words of the Sufis he recited in his dreams described longing and the heart-burning feeling of metaphysical love, in which there is no reunion. Revolutionaries of all stripes, whether practitioners, intellectuals, or preachers, are all lovers of utopia, and all show signs of an earthly lover on a metaphysical level. Seriati's desire to die for a cause

This is why he thinks that even Marxist revolutionaries are metaphysical idealists who are ready to sacrifice their most valuable possessions for an ideal cause.
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 600

Year of Printing: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Kapi Publications

Cover: Faruk Baydar

First Printing Year: 2006

Number of Pages: 600

Language Turkish