Foucault in Iran, 1978-1979 / / Johann Beukes.
In 1978 Michel Foucault went to Iran as a distinguished intellectual - but novice political journalist - controversially reporting on the unfolding revolution, undeniably compromising and wounding his reputation in the European intellectual community. Given the revolution's bloody aftermath and...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cape Town, South Africa : : AOSIS,, 2020. |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 211 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Political spirituality
- Foucault's work and movements in 1978 and early 1979
- Corriere Della Sera: A strange invitation
- Into the Incinerator, 16 September 1978
- Foucault's most consequential Iran writings
- The backlash: Paris in turmoil, April 1979
- Crucial perspectives from the Foucault scholarship, 1979-2017
- What was there to liberate in Iran?
- A self-conscious Greek in Persia.