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Foucault and the Iranian Revolution : gender and the seductions of Islamism /

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.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Afary, Janet
Autres auteurs: Anderson, Kevin, 1948-, Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Francés
Publié: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.