Revolution : making a break in history

  • The aim of this essay is to provide an analysis of Foucault's use of the notion of revolution in the reports he wrote for "Il Corriere della Sera" during his two trips to Iran in September and November 1978. Foucault critically frames the historical and philosophical concept of revolution, in order to oppose it to the spreading revolts against the Shah, which embody the simple and negative opening of the possibility of a transformation in history. Yet is it possible to reactivate the notion of revolution in a nonrestrictive sense in order to think about the role and the possibility of political revolts and freedom today?

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Author:Arianna Sforzini
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-528429
URL:https://www.ici-berlin.org/oa/ci-15/sforzini_revolution.pdf
URL:https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019012415410248363509
DOI:https://doi.org/10.25620/ci-15_20
ISBN:978-3-96558-001-5
ISBN:978-3-96558-002-2
ISSN:2627-731X
Parent Title (English):Re-: an errant glossary ; Cultural Inquiry ; 15
Publisher:ICI Berlin Press
Place of publication:Berlin
Document Type:Part of a Book
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2020/01/27
Year of first Publication:2019
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2020/01/28
Tag:Freedom; Historical transformation; Political spirituality; Revolt
GND Keyword:Kant, Immanuel; Foucault, Michel; Iran / Revolution <1978-1979>; Revolution; Aufstand
Page Number:7
First Page:164
Last Page:169
HeBIS-PPN:458905801
Dewey Decimal Classification:8 Literatur / 80 Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft / 800 Literatur und Rhetorik
Sammlungen:CompaRe | Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
CompaRe | Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft / ICI Berlin
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen