Conceptualisations of Freedom in Iran from 1953 to 1979 in Conversation with Fanon and Foucault

This thesis examines the concept of freedom in Iranian intellectual discourse between 1953 and the 1979 Iranian Revolution through bringing Frantz Fanon and Michel Foucault into conversation with prominent Iranian thinkers, Jalal Al-e Ahmad and Ali Shariati. This research places the idea of freedom within the broader context of the global anti-colonial and anti-imperialist movements of the mid-twentieth century, arguing that freedom, understood as self-determination, extends beyond national sovereignty and independence to encompass a de-colonial, self-transformative practice.