Edward Said, Michel Foucault, and the Iranian Revolution of 1979:Intellectuals have Control over National Commitment
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
The Iranian Revolution of 1979, as a noticeable movement of the last century, had a significant impact on globally social movements and Western philosophers. This study analyses the causes of uprising Iranian society against the regime, and Said’s view about the revolution in his two articles: Islam, Orientalism and the West: An Attack on Learned Ignorance and Islam through Western Eyes. Besides, the article analyses Foucault’s views about Islamic revolution in his collection of essays, published under the title of Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: Gender and the Seductions of Islam, after his death. Foucault, by highlighting the pivotal role of Shiite merits in the revolution, revealed how they could organize the fight against the traditional Iranian Kingdom Monarchy. Against, Edward Said highlighted the role of Iranian philosophers of time and their effects on Iranian Revolution but omitted Ayatollah Khomeini’s effects on the salient revolution of the last century. Despite the different viewpoints on the propellant of this tremendous change, they both admit the importance of this event as a vigilante activity of humankind.
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Saman HASHEMIPOUR
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