
Understanding Foucault
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 13. March 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-7619-6816-0 (ISBN)
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Description
Derided and disregarded by many of his contemporaries, Michel Foucault is now regarded as probably the most influential thinker of the twentieth century, his work is studied across the humanities and social sciences.
Reading Foucault, however, can be a challenge, as can writing about him, but in Understanding Foucault, the authors offer an entertaining and informative introduction to his thinking. They cover all the issues Foucault dealt with, including power, knowledge, subjectivity and sexuality and discuss the development of his analysis throughout his work.
Reading Foucault, however, can be a challenge, as can writing about him, but in Understanding Foucault, the authors offer an entertaining and informative introduction to his thinking. They cover all the issues Foucault dealt with, including power, knowledge, subjectivity and sexuality and discuss the development of his analysis throughout his work.
Reviews / Votes
`An ideal introduction, accurate and easy to follow thanks to its excellent prose and simple, lucidly explained examples from popular culture' - Toby Miller, New York University`The task of offering new readers a credible, intelligible and accessible overview of Foucault's work is an unenviable one, but the authors have managed it with considerable aplomb' - Tony Bennett, The Open University
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-6816-0 (9780761968160)
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Persons
Dr Geoff Danaher taught in the STEPS bridging program at CQUniversity. He has researched in areas such as cultural studies, education for travellers, comedy and gender and sport. Tony Schirato teaches and researches in the areas of cultural theory, media literacy, and sport and the media. He has co-authored books on the work of Michel Foucault and Pierre Bourdieu, and also on communication and cultural literacy, globalisation, Asian cultural politics and visual culture. His most recent book is on sports culture. He is currently co-authoring a book on the work of gender theorist Judith Butler. Jen Webb is Professor of Creative Communication at the University of Canberra. With Tony Schirato, she edits the Understanding Contemporary Culture book series.
Content
Introduction to Michel Foucault's Work
PART ONE: QUESTIONS OF KNOWLEDGE
The Order of Things
Discourses and Institutions
Discipline and Instruction
PART TWO: RELATIONS OF POWER
Power
Governmentality and Liberalism
History and Geopolitics
PART THREE: THE ETHICAL SUBJECT
Technologies of the Self
The Sexual Subject
Arts of the Self
PART ONE: QUESTIONS OF KNOWLEDGE
The Order of Things
Discourses and Institutions
Discipline and Instruction
PART TWO: RELATIONS OF POWER
Power
Governmentality and Liberalism
History and Geopolitics
PART THREE: THE ETHICAL SUBJECT
Technologies of the Self
The Sexual Subject
Arts of the Self