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ISLAMIC ARCHIVESReturn to the SelfʿAlī Sharīʿatī
Original title
بازگشت به خویشتن
Language
Persian
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Collection
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Return to the Self

بازگشت به خویشتن

ʿAlī Sharīʿatī

Lectures calling colonised societies to recover their own cultural and religious identity, which for Iranians he located in Islam rather than in pre-Islamic nationalism.

Keywords: Bazgasht be khishtan, authenticity, Fanon, cultural identity, Iranian nationalism

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: shariati.com

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Sharīʿatī, ʿAlī. Return to the Self. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/works/shariati-return-to-the-self/