by Ali Shariati
Book Three
10.3 Specialization pp 117-142
1976/1355.
Text from tape. Private.
Volume 11: History of Civilizations (I) 296 pp
11.1 Introduction pp 1-3
1968/1347 Fall
11.2 What does ‘civilization’ mean? pp 4-44
1970/1349Fall
11.3 General Discussion on Civilization and Culture pp 45-75
1968/1347 Spring
11.4 Description of History pp 76-78
1968/1347 Fall
11.5 Schools of History and Methods of Research pp 79-92
1968/1347 Fall
11.6 Why is mythology the spirit of all world civilizations? pp 93-153
1970/1349 Spring
11.7 History of Chinese Civilization pp 154-230
11.8 Attitudes of the Yellow Race pp 231-244
These and the next lectures were given at Firdausi University, Mashhad in general to first year students and to those whose major was history in the second, third and fourth year during 1966-67/1345-46; 1967-68/1346-47; 1968-69/1347-48; 1969-70/1348-49; and 1970-71/1349-50. Basically on “What is civilization?”
Volume 12: History of Civilizations (II) pp 345 pp
12.1 Impressive Events in History pp 1-3
1968/1347 Fall
12.2 Characteristics of the Recent Centuries pp 4-115
1968/134 Fall
12.3 General Discussion on World View and Culture pp 116-133
1970/1349 Fall
12.4 World View and Environment pp 134-217
1970/1349 Spring
12.5 Political Tendencies in the Contemporary World pp 218-233
1968/1347 Spring
12.6 The Problem of Finding Self pp 234-258
1968/1347 Spring
12.7 Characteristics of Today’s Civilization pp 259-267
1968/1347 Fall
Basically this volume deals with the corruption of bourgeoisism, general discussion on world view and culture, political tendencies in the present world and characteristics of the present world.
Volume 13: The Fall into the Desert 643 pp
13.1 The Fall (from Paradise) pp 3-204
1969/1348
13.2 The Desert pp 205-535
1968/1347
The Desert is considered to be autobiographical and among his best literary works.
Contains: Descriptions of the Desert of Mazinan; Subterranean Channel (qanat);
Letter to a Friend; Affection is Greater than Love; People I Love; Divine Tragedy;
The Observatory Garden in Paris; Love of One’s Children; People and Words
Appendix:
13.3 About Creation pp 565-568
Date unknown. Sometime after his release from solitary confinement.
13.4 Totemism pp 569-614
1968/1347
13.5 My Dear Friend pp 615-622
Date unknown.
Volume 14: History and Knowledge of Religions (I) 404 pp
14.1 Lesson 1 pp 1-40
1971/1350 April 9
Husayniyah.
Contains: It Was Bourgeoisism and Not Science; The Rebellion of Contemporary
Man in the Bourgeoisie Paradise; Proposed Subjects for Research. Translation
and Conferences.
14.2 Lesson 2 pp 41-99
1971/1350 April 22
Husayniyah.
Contains: Introduction; How can we recognize primitive societies?
14.3 Lesson 3 pp 100-142
1971/1350 May 7
Husayniyah.
Contains: Introduction; Definition of Religion; Human Being—a Divine-like Creature in Exile; Religion, Mysticism, Art; Explanation
14.4 Lesson 4 pp 144-179
1971/1350 May 7
Husayniyah.
Contains: Introduction; Eastern and Western Spirit and Attitudes; Characteristics of Western Spirit and Culture
14.5 Lesson 5 pp 180-233
1971/1350 June 4
Husayniyah.
Contains: Basis for Eastern and Western Thought; China; Islamic Thought and Science are Two Different Things; Religious Philosophy of History is Based on Contradiction; Where is the way of salvation?
14.6 Lesson 6 pp 234-279
1971/1350 pp June 17
Husayniyah.
Contains: Education Has Two Stages; Hinduism
14.7 Lesson 7 pp 280-328
1971/1350 July 2
Husayniyah.
Contains: Hinduism; Metamorphosis of Thought and Words; On the Verge of Hope
Volume 15: History and Knowledge of Religions (II) 337 pp
15.1 Lesson 8 pp 1-52
1971/1350 July 16
Husayniyah.
Contains: Introduction; Shiism; Why Iran Chose Islam; Justice and Leadership; Why the General of the Khorasan Army Was Sent to Fight the Arabs; Alid/Safavid Shiism; Equity and Justice; Imamate (Leadership); Difference Between Dictatorship and Revolutionary Leadership; Selection
15.2 Lesson 9 pp 53-84
1971/1350 October 29
Husayniyah.
Contains: Introduction; Intellect and Welfare; The Vedas; Way of Salvation; Me; Brahmanism
15.3 Lesson 10 pp 85-120
1971/1350 November 12
Husayniyah.
Contains: Introduction; Abraham; Tribal Evolution; Relation Between Welfare and Absurdity; Life of Buddha
15.4 Lesson 11 pp 121-156
1971/1350 November 26
Husayniyah.
Contains: Introduction; Buddha
15.5 Lesson 12 pp 157-190
1971/1350 December 10
Husayniyah.
Contains: Hinduism
15.6 Lesson 13 pp 191-218
1971/1350 December 24
Husayniyah.
Contains: Ancient Iranian Religions
15.7 Lesson 14 pp 219-252
1972/1350 January 7
Husayniyah.
Contains: Zoroastrianism
Appendix:
Questions and Answers pp 253-274
Volume 16: Islamology Irshad (I) 504 pp
16.1 Lesson 1: School of Thought and Action pp 2-81
1972/1350 February 4
Husayniyah.
Contains: Introduction: School of Thought and Action; Economic Supra and Infrastructure; World View; Philosophical Anthropology Sociology; Philosophy of History; Ideology; Ideal Society; Ideal Prototype
Translated into English and published in School of Thought and Action (Albuquerque: ABJAD Book Designers and Builders, 1988. Distributed through KAZI
Publications, Chicago.)
16.2 Lesson 2: School of Thought and Action of Islam
1972/1350 February 11
Husayniyah.
Contains: My World View is Based on Monotheism; Philosophical Anthropology: Creation of Adam; Sociology: God and the People; Philosophy of History: Cain and Abel; Ideology: Islam; Ideal Society: Ummah; Ideal Prototype: Vicegerent of God
Translated into English and published in On the Sociology of Islam (Berkeley: Mizan Press, 1979).
16.3 Lesson 3: Introduction to the Study of Monotheism pp 82-115
1972/1350 February 18
Husayniyah.
Contains: In General: Three Stages; What the Monotheistic View is Not; Customs and Signs in the Holy Quran
16.4 Lesson 4: Three Phases of Monotheism pp 116-137
1972/1350 February 25
Husayniyah.
Contains: The Three Phases of Monotheism and The Sociology of Multitheism
16.5 Lesson 5: Four Visages of Monotheism pp 38-174
1972/1350 March 3
Husayniyah.
Contains: The Four Visages of Monotheism as Infrastructure in Islam Social or Class Monotheism vs Social or Class Multitheism
16.6 Lesson 6: Let Us Arise and Take a Step Forward pp 176-204
1972/1350 March 10
Husayniyah.
16.7 Lesson 7: Monotheism: A Philosophy of History
pp 206-232
1972/1351 April 7
Husayniyah.
16.8 Lesson 8: Philosophy of Ethics pp 234-303
1972/1351 April 14
Husayniyah.
16.9 Lesson 9: Hajj: Objective Embodiment of Monotheism and Islam pp 304-340
1972/1351 April 21
Husayniyah.
Volume 17: Islamology Irshad (II) pp 410 pp
17.1 Lesson 10: History in the View of the Quran and Schools of Thought pp 3-40
1972/1351 April 28
Husayniyah.
17.2 Lesson 11: Toynbee’s Thesis and the Dynamic Activator of History pp 41-72
1972/1351 May 5
Husayniyah.
17.3 Lesson 12: Marxism in the Three Cycles of History pp 73-103
1972/1351 May 12
Husayniyah.
17.4 Lesson 13. The Popularization of Schools of Thought pp 104-142
1972/1351 May 19
Husayniyah.
17.5 Lesson 14: Relationship Between Thought and Action pp 143-180
1972/1351 May 26
Husayniyah.
17.6 Lesson 15: Marxism in the 19th Century 181-210
1972/1351 June 2
Husayniyah.
17.7 Lesson 16: Scientific Marxism and State Marxism pp 211-241
1972/1351 June 9
Husayniyah.
17.8 Lesson 17: Alienation and the Dialectic of Work/
Need in Marxism pp 242-277
1972/1351 June 16
Husayniyah.
Appendices:
17.9 Lesson 18: Introduction to Husayn : Heir of Adam pp 281-296
1972/1351 June 23
Husayniyah.
Questions and Answers to Lessons 12 and 13 pp 297-302
Questions and Answers to Lessons 2 and 4 pp 303-355
Volume 18: Islamology Irshad (III) 380 pp
18.1 Lesson 19: Capitalism and Surplus Value pp 3-39
1972/1351 July 14
Husayniyah.
18.2 Lesson 20: Products of the School of Islam pp 40-66
1972/1351 July 21
Husayniyah.
18.3 Lesson 21: Those Addressed by We Intellectuals pp 67-90
1972/1351 September 22
Husayniyah.
18.4 Lesson 22: Historic Determinism pp 91-123
1972/1351 September 29
Husayniyah.
18.5 Lesson 23: Social Dialectics, Socialism,
Negation of Ownership pp 124-152
1972/1351 October 6
Husayniyah.
18.6 Lesson 24: Capitalism and Compromise pp 153-178
1972/1351 October 13
Husayniyah.
18.7 Lesson 25: Capitalism Wakes Up pp 179-207
1972/1351 October 27
Husayniyah. Translated and published (Tehran: Hamdami Foundation, 1984.
18.8 Lesson 26: Commentary on Surah Anbiya pp 208-235
1972/1351 November 3
Husayniyah.
18.9 Lesson 27: School of Existentialism pp 236-292
1972/1351 November 10
Husayniyah. This lecture was the last given in the Islamology series of lessons because the Husayniyah was closed three days later after the second lecture on “Shiism: A Complete Political Party.”
Appendices:
Questions and Answers to Lesson 23 pp 295-316
Questions and Answers to Lesson 24 pp 317-336
Volume 19: Husayn: Heir of Adam 447 pp
19.1 Husayn: Heir of Adam pp 1-108
1971/1349 March 7
Husayniyah. Text.
19.2 Blood pp 109-122
1976-77/1355 December-January
Translated and published in Jihad and Shahadat (Houston: IRIS 1987).
19.3 Martyrdom pp 124-196
1972/1350 February 25 (Esfand 5 Muharram 9, 1392.)
Speech. Husayniyah. Translated into English and published in Martyrdom (Tehran: Abu Dharr Foundation, 1984) and Jihad and Shahadat (Houston: IRIS, 1987).
19.4 After Martyrdom pp 197-208
1972/1350 February 27 (Esfand 7Muharram 11, 1392.)
Speech. Mosque in Narmak, Tehran. Translated and published in Martyrdom (Tehran: Abu Dharr Foundation, 1984) and Jihad and Shahadat (Houston: IRIS, 1987).
19.5 Discussion About Martyrdom pp 209-226
Two parts. Date unknown.
19.6 An Insight into Shiite History pp 227-252
1971/1349 March 5
Speech. Javad Mosque, Tehran. Also called “Islam: The Religion of History”.
19.7 Awaiting the Religion of Protest pp 253-304
1971/1350 October 30
Husayniyah.
Appendices:
19.8 The Philosophy of History in the View of Islam pp 307-350
1970/1349
Speech. Husayniyah.
19.9 Introduction to a Book on Hujr ibn Adi pp 351-370
1968/1347 March-April
A book written by Hasan Akbari Marznak.
Volume 20: What must be done? 597 pp
20.1 Message of Hope to the Responsible Intellectual pp 1-48
1972/1351 October 27
Speech. Commentary upon Surah Rum. Translated and published in What is to be done? (Houston: IRIS, 1986).
20.2 Intellectuals and Their Responsibility to Society pp 49-108
1970/1349 August 21,22
Speech. Husayniyah.
20.3 The Pyramid of Cultural Sociology pp 109-148
Abadan. Date unknown. Translated into English and published in Man and Islam (Mashhad: Mashhad University, 1982).
20.4 The Third Way pp 149-178
1972 October 18
Speech
20.5 Consciousness and Deception pp 179-246
1972/1351 October 19
Speech.
20.6 From where should we begin? pp 247-294
1971/1350 November 22
Sharif University, Tehran. Translated and published in What is to be done? (Houston: IRIS, 1987).
20.7 The Extraction and Refinement of Cultural Resources pp 295-330
Abadan. Date unknown. Translated and published in Man and Islam (Mashhad: Mashhad University, 1982).
20.8 What must to be done? pp 331-472
Speech. Husayniyah. Date unknown. Translated and published in What is to be done? (Houston: IRIS, 1987).
20.9 Who is a responsible intellectual? pp 473-484
Text. Date unknown.
Appendices:
20.10 The Relationship of the Intellectual and Society pp 487-518
Translated and published in Man and Islam (Mashhad: Mashhad University, 1982).
Questions and Answers pp 519-529
Volume 21: On Women’s Issues 328 pp
21.1 Fatima is Fatima pp 3-206
1971/1350 July 2
Husayniyah. Translated into English and published in Shariati on Shariati and the Muslim Woman (Chicago: ABC International Group, 1996).
21.2 Expectations from the Muslim Woman pp 207-240
1972/1351June 25
Husayniyah. Translated into English and published in Shariati on Shariati and the Muslim Woman (Chicago: ABC International Group, 1996).
21.3 Seminar on Women pp 241-258
1972/1351 July 12,13,14
Appendix:
21.4 The Modest Dress (hijab) pp 262-284
1976/1355 Winter
Translated into English and published in Shariati on Shariati and the Muslim Woman (Chicago: ABC International Group, 1996).
Volume 22: Religion vs Religion 391 pp
22.1 Religion vs Religion pp 3-54
1970/1349 August 13, 14
Speech. Husayniyah. Translated into English and published (Albuquerque: ABJAD Book Designers and Builders, 1988).
22.2 Mothers! Fathers! We are to blame! pp 55-170
1971/1350 October 30
Speech. Husayniyah.
22.3 Yea Brother! That’s the way it was! pp 171-192
