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The Cambridge Introduction to Michel Foucault

By Lisa Downing

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0521864437, 9780521864435, 0521682991, 9780521682992
LCC
B2430.F724 D69 2008
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
812 kB (831393 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Introductions to Literature
Edition
1
Pages
153\153
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

French philosopher and historian Michel Foucault is essential reading for students in departments of literature, history, sociology and cultural studies. His work on the institutions of mental health and medicine, the history of systems of knowledge, literature and literary theory, criminality and the prison system, and sexuality, has had a profound and enduring impact across the humanities and social sciences. This introductory book, written for students, offers in-depth critical and contextual perspectives on all of Foucault's major published works. It provides ways in to understanding Foucault's key concepts of subjectivity, discourse, and power and explains the problems of translation encountered in reading Foucault in English. The book also explores the critical reception of Foucault's works and acquaints the reader with the afterlives of some of his theories, particularly his influence on feminist and queer studies. This book offers the ideal introduction to a famously complex, controversial and important thinker.

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