Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi is associate professor of history, sociology, and Director of Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of Islam and Dissent in Postrevolutionary Iran; Remembering Akbar: Inside the Iranian Revolution; and co-editor of The Iranian Revolution Turns 30.
Contents
Preface
Introduction: Foucault’s Indictment
1. Thinking the Unthinkable: The Revolutionary Movement in Iran
2. How Did Foucault Make Sense of the Iranian Revolution?
3. Misrepresenting the Revolution, Misreading Foucault
4. The Reign of Terror, Women’s Issues, and Feminist Politics
5. Was ist Aufklärung? The Iranian Revolution as a Moment of Enlightenment
Conclusion: Writing the History of the Present
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
