{"product_id":"foucault-and-the-iranian-revolution-gender-and-the-seductions-of-islamism-9780226007861","title":"Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: Gender and the Seductions of Islamism","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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 Foucaults support of the Islamist movement. They also show how Foucaults 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. Foucaults provocative writings are thus essential for understanding the history and the future of the Wests 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651902103605,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226007863","price":33.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226007861.jpg?v=1781844685","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/foucault-and-the-iranian-revolution-gender-and-the-seductions-of-islamism-9780226007861","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}