A Foucault Primer: Discourse, Power and the Subject - Softcover

McHoul, Alec; Grace, Wendy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814754805 ISBN 13: 9780814754801

Verlag: New York University Press, 1997

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An essential introduction to the pre-eminent philosopher Michel Foucault

In such seminal works as Madness and Civilization, Discipline and Punish, and The History of Sexuality, the late philosopher Michel Foucault explored what our politics, our sexuality, our societal conventions, and our changing notions of truth told us about ourselves. In the process, Foucault garnered a reputation as one of the pre-eminent philosophers of the latter half of the twentieth century and has served as a primary influence on successive generations of philosophers and cultural critics.

With A Foucault Primer, Alec McHoul and Wendy Grace bring Foucault's work into focus for the uninitiated. Written in crisp and concise prose, A Foucault Primer explicates three central concepts of Foucauldian theory—discourse, power, and the subject—and suggests that Foucault’s work has much yet to contribute to contemporary debate.

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Alec McHoul teaches at Murdoch University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: New York University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0814754805
• ISBN 13: 9780814754801
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 140
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