Foucault and the Iranian Revolution
Subtitle: Gender and the seductions of Islamism
By: Janet Afary and Kevin B. Anderson.
Contributors: Anderson, Kevin, 1948-; Foucault, Michel.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
Subjects: Foucault, Michel -- Political and social views; Iran -- History -- Revolution, 1979
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-319) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foucault's discourse on pinnacles and pitfalls. The paradoxical world of Foucault : the modern and the traditional social orders; title: Processions, passion plays, and rites of penance : Foucault, Shiʻism, and early Christian Rituals; title: Foucault's writings on the Iranian Revolution and after. The visits to Iran and the controversies with "Atoussa H." and Maxime Rodinson; title: Debating the outcome of the revolution, especially on women's rights; title: Foucault, gender, and male homosexualities in Mediterranean and Muslim Societies; title: Epilogue : from the Iranian Revolution to September 11, 2001; title: Appendix : Foucault and his critics, an annotated translation.