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

By: Afary, JanetContributor(s): Anderson, Kevin, 1948-Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005. Description: xii, 346 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0226007855 (cloth : alk. paper); 0226007863 (pbk. : alk. paper)Contained works: Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984. Works. Selections. English. 2005Subject(s): Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 -- Political and social views | Iran -- History -- Revolution, 1979LOC classification: B2430.F724 | A63 2005
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.
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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, 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.

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