August 08th, 2011
Le Monde Diplomatique Reviews Marx at the Margins
Le but de ce blog et de mon compte Twitter est d’essayer faire passer une autre information sur l’Orient. Il ne s’agit pas seulement de tenter de donner des nouvelles différentes, ni d’analyser ce qui s’y passe, mais aussi de changer la grille de lecture à travers laquelle nous regardons l’Orient. Il faut arriver à […]
April 11th, 2011
Portuguese Translation of “Foucault and the Iranian Revolution”
Foucault and the Iranian Revolution – by Janet Afary and Kevin B. Anderson – was issued in Portuguese in March 2011 by the Brazilian publisher Realizaçoes Editora (Sao Paulo): O filósofo Michel Foucault estava trabalhando como correspondente especial do Corriere della Sera e do Nouvel Observateur em 1978 quando os protestos contra o xá atingiram […]
March 05th, 2011
Antonio Gonçalves Filho, “Foucault e o islà, mistura explosiva,” Estadào (Sao Paulo), March 5, 2011
December 31st, 2010
New Books for 2010
“Marx at the Margins: Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Non-Western Societies” Table of Contents: Introduction A Note on Marx’s Relationship to Engels A Note on Sources Acknowledgments Abbreviations Chapter 1: Colonial Encounters in the 1850s: The European Impact on India, Indonesia, and China Chapter 2: Russia and Poland: The Relationship of National Emancipation to Revolution Chapter 3: […]
August 16th, 2010
On Haiti: An open letter to French President Nicolas Sarkozy
In an open letter published today in the French national newspaper Libération, more than 90 leading academics, authors and other prominent figures from around the world are publicly calling on the French government to reimburse the 90 million gold francs France extorted from Haitians following Haiti’s independence. Read more on France Diplomatie.
September 18th, 2009
Academics Concerned About the Assault on Iranian Universities
We the undersigned, academics and administrators of universities around the world express our deep concern about the deteriorating situation of universities in Iran, particularly in the aftermath of the recent Presidential elections. All signs indicate that the authorities are engaged in a major crackdown on Iranian universities and intend to impose yet more infringements on […]
June 24th, 2009
Academics' Declaration of Support for Iranian Demonstrators
Open letter of support to the demonstrators in Iran Friday 19 June 2009 This morning Ayatollah Ali Khamenei demanded an end to the massive and forceful demonstrations protesting the controversial result of last week’s election. He argued that to make concessions to popular demands and ‘illegal’ pressure would amount to a form of ‘dictatorship’, and […]
February 06th, 2006
Mehdi Khalji, Book Review, Foucault and the Iranian Revolution, Published in BBC, Feb. 06, 2006
October 26th, 2005
Trobjon Elensky, Book Review, Foucault and the Iranian Revolution, Dagens Nyheter, October 26, 2005
Trobjon Elensky, Dagens Nyheter, October 26, 2005
