Thinking the Unthinkable: Foucault and the Islamic Revolution
Date
Thu May 3rd 2018, 6:30 - 8:00pm
Event Sponsor
Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies
Location
Building 320, room 105
Speaker: Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi
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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iranianstudies [at] stanford.edu
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