Ali Shariati, the Islamic Renaissance and Freedom from degeneration

Since the Iranian confrontation with the West and realizing their decline¡ “Who we are” were of Iranian intellectuals’ main concerns. After this¡ the questions such as «who we are? And “how we should be” were raised. To answer these questions¡ Shariati as an Iranian intellectuals with Islamic obsessions¡ tried to formulate solution for emancipation of decline and going toward progress. According to him¡ capitalism¡ imperialism and religious diversion and subjectivism¡ were considered as the main causes of decline of Iran and the Muslim world and only via returning to the self and the formation of Renaissance and an especially Islamic renaissance that the advancement and perfection can be achieved. Therefore¡ the main aim in this paper is the analysis of the concept of Islamic Renaissance and the emancipation of the decline in votes of Ali Shariati’s views.