
Michel Foucault and the Politics of Freedom
Thomas L. Dumm(Author)
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 16. April 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-8039-3865-6 (ISBN)
Description
Michel Foucault has long been considered one of the most powerful critics of modern civilization. He is especially noted for his analysis of power which many readers claim is an absolute rejection of modernity as unfree. In contrast, Thomas L Dumm reads Foucault as a philosopher of freedom. Dumm shows how Foucault connects the constitution of space with various practices of freedom. Foucault, he suggests, enables us to see how contemporary liberalism's separation of public and private spheres aims to preserve freedom but ultimately contains it.
Ranging from Foucault's earliest work to his final interviews, Dumm brings the work of Foucault's middle period - from Discipline and Punish to the first volume of The History of Sexuality - into play with thinkers such as Isaiah Berlin and Primo Levi to shed new light on complex and problematic situations in the late modern age. Throughout, Dumm aims to show how Foucault is always aware of the ways in which `we are freer than we think we are'.
Ranging from Foucault's earliest work to his final interviews, Dumm brings the work of Foucault's middle period - from Discipline and Punish to the first volume of The History of Sexuality - into play with thinkers such as Isaiah Berlin and Primo Levi to shed new light on complex and problematic situations in the late modern age. Throughout, Dumm aims to show how Foucault is always aware of the ways in which `we are freer than we think we are'.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
278 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-3865-6 (9780803938656)
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Content
Series Editor's Introduction - Morton Schoolman
The Politics of Freedom
Freedom and Space
Freedom and Disciplinary Society
Freedom and Seduction
The Politics of Freedom
Freedom and Space
Freedom and Disciplinary Society
Freedom and Seduction