Kevin B. Anderson

Janet Afary

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.

Gender and the Seductions of Islamism

Foucault and the Iranian Revolution

John R. Perry

Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda

Revolutionary Satire from Iran, 1907-1909

Charand-O Parand

Uddrag af Afarys bog som handler om de iranske kvindernes underjordiske revolutionære organisationer under konstitutionsbevæglsen i begyndelsen af af 1900- tallet

Anjuman'hā-yi nı̄mah sirrı̄-i zanān dar nihz̤at-i mashrūtah

During the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906 to 1911 a variety of forces played key roles in overthrowing a repressive regime. Afary sheds new light on the role of ordinary citizens and peasantry, the status of Iranian women, and the multifaceted structure of Iranian society.

Grassroots Democracy, Social Democracy, & the Origins of Feminism

The Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906-1911

Janet Afary is a native of Iran and a leading historian. Her work focuses on gender and sexuality and draws on her experience of growing up in Iran and her involvement with Iranian women of different ages and social strata. These observations, and a wealth of historical documents, form the kernel of this book, which charts the history of the nation's sexual revolution from the nineteenth century to today. What comes across is the extraordinary resilience of the Iranian people, who have drawn on a rich social and cultural heritage to defy the repression and hardship of the Islamist state and its predecessors. It is this resilience, the author concludes, which forms the basis of a sexual revolution taking place in Iran today, one that is promoting reforms in marriage and family laws, and demanding more egalitarian gender and sexual relations.

Sexual Politics in Modern Iran

This book charts the history of Iran's sexual revolution from the nineteenth century to today. The resilience of the Iranian people forms the basis of this sexual revolution, one that is promoting reforms in marriage and family laws, and demanding more egalitarian gender and sexual relations.

Jesilyn Faust

Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, there was a dramatic reversal of women's rights, and the state revived many premodern social conventions through modern means and institutions. Customs such as the enforced veiling of women, easy divorce for men, child marriage, and polygamy were robustly reintroduced and those who did not conform to societal strictures were severely punished. At the same time, new social and economic programs benefited the urban and rural poor, especially women, which had a direct impact on gender relations and the institution of marriage. Edited by Janet Afary and Jesilyn Faust, this interdisciplinary volume responds to the growing interest and need for literature on gender, marriage and family relations in the Islamic context. The book examines how the institution of marriage transformed in Iran, paying close attention to the country's culture and politics. Part One examines marital changes in the rural and tribal sectors of society through the works of anthropologists Erika Friedl and Mary Hegland. Part Two turns its eye to look at changes in urban marriages to new forms of cohabitation. In Part Three, the contributors explore the way technology and social media has impacted and altered the institution of family. Based on the work of new and established scholars, the collection provides an up-to-date study of an important and intensely politicized subject.

From Arranged Marriage to White Marriage

Iranian Romance in the Digital Age

Acknowledgment Glossary Introduction -- Part I. -- Norms, Romance, and the Breakdown of Arranged Urban Marriage -- The Emergence of Independent Women in Iran: A Generational Perspective, Masserat, Amir-Ebrahimi -- Transnational Marriages of Christian Filipinas and Muslim Iranian Men and Social: Experiences of their Biracial Children, Ashraf Zahedi -- Ideological Codes, Multiple Biases, Textbooks, and the Standard Iranian Family: Local and Global Hegemonic Formations of the Ideal Family, Amir Mirfakhraie -- Beyond the Shari'a : ?White Marriage? in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Gholam Reza Vatandoust and Maryam Sheipari -- Part II. -- Online Dating, Hymenoplasty, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies -- Negotiating Intimacy through Social Media: Challenges and Opportunities for Muslim Women in Iran, Vahideh Golzard and Christina Miguel -- Recreating Virginity in Iran: Hymenoplasty as a Form of Resistance, Azal Ahmadi -- Whither Kinship? Assisted Reproductive Technologies and relatedness in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Soraya Tremayne -- Part III. -- Reconstructing Hierarchies: Rural and Tribal Marriages -- How Marriage Changed in Boir Ahmad, 1900-2015, Erika Friedl -- Changing Perceptions and Practices of Marriage among People of Aliabad from 1978 to 2018: New Problems and Challenges, Mary Elaine Hegland -- Changing Established-Outsider Relations? A Case Study of Bakhtiaris in Iran, Behrouz Alikhani -- Epilogue Janet Afary and Roger Friedland.

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