TY - BOOK AU - Afary,Janet AU - Anderson,Kevin AU - Foucault,Michel TI - Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: gender and the seductions of Islamism SN - 9780226007878 (electronic bk.) AV - B2430.F724 A63 2005eb (Online) U1 - 955.05/42 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Foucault, Michel, KW - Foucault, Michel KW - Foucault, Michel. KW - Philosophy KW - History KW - HISTORY KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Iran KW - Revolution, 1979 KW - Revolution <1978-1979> KW - Histoire KW - 1979 (Révolution) KW - swd KW - Electronic books KW - lcgft N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=328178 ER -