TY - BOOK ID - 134521291 TI - Foucault and the Iranian Revolution : gender and the seductions of Islamism AU - Afary, Janet. AU - Anderson, Kevin AU - Foucault, Michel PY - 2005 SN - 1282678930 9786612678936 0226007871 9780226007878 9780226007854 0226007855 9780226007861 0226007863 0226007855 0226007863 9781282678934 6612678933 PB - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, DB - UniCat KW - History. KW - Philosophy. KW - Foucault, Michel, KW - Political and social views. KW - Iran KW - History KW - iran, iranian revolution, gender, islam, islamism, muslim, religious, religion, history, womens studies, political science, sociology, michel foucault, corriere della sera, le nouvel observateu, journalism, journalist, translated works, translation, middle east, simone de beauvoir, philosophy, enlightenment, homosexuality, sexuality, sex, social thought, historian of ideas, literary criticism, power, knowledge, control, societal institutions. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134521291 AB - 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 Nouvel Observateur. During his little-known stint as a journalist, Foucault traveled to Iran, met with leaders like Ayatollah Khomeini, and wrote a series of articles on the revolution. Foucault and the Iranian Revolution is the first book-length analysis of these essays on Iran, the majority of which have never before appeared in English. Accompanying the analysis are annotated translations of the Iran writings in their entirety and the at times blistering responses from such contemporaneous critics as Middle East scholar Maxime Rodinson as well as comments on the revolution by feminist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. In this important and controversial account, Janet Afary and Kevin B. Anderson illuminate Foucault's support of the Islamist movement. They also show how Foucault's experiences in Iran contributed to a turning point in his thought, influencing his ideas on the Enlightenment, homosexuality, and his search for political spirituality. Foucault and the Iranian Revolution informs current discussion on the divisions that have reemerged among Western intellectuals over the response to radical Islamism after September 11. Foucault's provocative writings are thus essential for understanding the history and the future of the West's relationship with Iran and, more generally, to political Islam. In their examination of these journalistic pieces, Afary and Anderson offer a surprising glimpse into the mind of a celebrated thinker. ER -