Foucault and the Iranian Revolution : gender and the seductions of Islamism / Janet Afary and Kevin B. Anderson.

By:

Afary, Janet

Contributor(s):

Anderson, Kevin, 1948-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 346 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780226007878
0226007871
9780226007854
0226007855
9780226007861
0226007863
1282678930
9781282678934
9786612678936
6612678933

Contained works:

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984. Works. Selections. English. 2005

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Foucault and the Iranian Revolution.DDC classification:

955.05/42 22

LOC classification:

B2430.F724 A63 2005eb

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Contents:

Foucault's discourse on pinnacles and pitfalls. The paradoxical world of Foucault : the modern and the traditional social orders -- Processions, passion plays, and rites of penance : Foucault, Shiʻism, and early Christian Rituals -- Foucault's writings on the Iranian Revolution and after. The visits to Iran and the controversies with "Atoussa H." and Maxime Rodinson -- Debating the outcome of the revolution, especially on women's rights -- Foucault, gender, and male homosexualities in Mediterranean and Muslim Societies -- Epilogue : from the Iranian Revolution to September 11, 2001 -- Appendix : Foucault and his critics, an annotated translation.

Summary: In 1978 the philosopher Michel Foucault did a stint as a foreign correspondent in Iran. This volume studies the articles that resulted from his observations and meetings with leading figures in the Iranian Revolution, including Ayatollah Khomeini, together with responses from his contemporaries.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-319) and index.

Translated from the French.

In 1978 the philosopher Michel Foucault did a stint as a foreign correspondent in Iran. This volume studies the articles that resulted from his observations and meetings with leading figures in the Iranian Revolution, including Ayatollah Khomeini, together with responses from his contemporaries.

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