Thinking the Unthinkable: Foucault and the Islamic Revolution

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Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies
Location
Building 320, room 105

Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi is a professor of history and sociology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His books include Foucault in Iran: Islamic Revolution after the Enlightenment. He examines the French philosopher Michel Foucault's writings on the Iranian Revolution in responses to questions such as: Was Foucault wrong about the Islamic Revolution in Iran or did he find an instance of his philosophy of history? 

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