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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Afary, Janet
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Anderson, Kevin, 1948-, Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
French
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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.