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Written by <a href='/community/profile/68-danieleaton/'>danieleaton</a>
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Wednesday, 20 July 2005 07:18 |
Book: Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: Gender and the Seductions of Islamism Janet Afary and Kevin B. Anderson
Ascribe: "Foucault, who reported for the leading Italian newspaper "Corriere della sera" and for French publications, visited Iran twice and also met with Khomeini in Paris. However, the philosopher's writings were controversial because of their lack of criticism for the revolution and its Islamist leadership.
Much of Foucault's work is grounded in the problems of modernity in Europe. Foucault (1926-84) wrote that many forms of progress, as seen in medical and technological advances, were more about controlling people than liberating them.
"So, people ask, 'How could he be so uncritical about this revolution?'" Afary says. "Thus he became enamored with the Iranian revolution because it was a different kind of revolution that challenged the Western model of progress."
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