Thoughtful and entertaining, this biography profiles Dr "Ali Shari"ati (1933-1977), the elusive and controversial thinker who provided the intellectual backbone for Iran"s 1978/1979 revolution. Creator of a new ideology, which his detractors mockingly named Islamic Marxism, he sought to combine egalitarian elements of Western philosophical movements with Islamic Shi"ism. In this fascinating study of a man still notorious across the Islamic world, Schirin Fathi explores his life, work, and legacy.