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Foucault and the Iranian Revolution : gender and the seductions of Islamism /
In 1978, as the protests against the Shah of Iran reached their zenith, philosopher Michel Foucault was working as a special correspondent for Corriere della Sera and Le Monde. During his little-known stint as a journalist, Foucault traveled to Iran, met with leaders like Ayatollah Khomeini, and wro...
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Chicago :
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2005.
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| Online Access: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip052/2004024383.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004024383-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004024383-d.html |
Table of 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.