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

Afary, Janet.

Foucault and the Iranian Revolution gender and the seductions of Islamism / [electronic resource] : Janet Afary and Kevin B. Anderson. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005. - xii, 346 p.

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

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, Shi�ism, 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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 --Political and social views.


Iran--History--Revolution, 1979.


Electronic books.

B2430.F724 / A63 2005

955.05/42