Foucault in Iran, 1978-1979

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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Beukes, Johann, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cape Town, South Africa : AOSIS 2020.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009745398706719
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.