Foucault and Modern Society
Published on 24. April 2020
126 pages
978-1-5361-7642-1 (ISBN)
Description
This books explore the relevance and application of the conceptual and theoretical works of Michel Foucault to an understanding of modern society. The book begins by providing a biographical excursion of Foucault''s life and works that gives the reader hints of how this thinking of social theory was shaped. The book moves its attention to how conceptual tools he developed are relevant to modern social theory and the interpretation of people, professions and populations in western culture in particular. The book explores the impact of his work on power and the example of social work and how it reshaped such a helping profession. In doing so, Foucault raised both a challenge and impact for social theorists to take up on subjectivity in how individuals make their own histories. Despite this, the book concludes with a re-appraisal of Foucault''s work on surveillance and aging prisoners that highlights the sheer analytical diversity of his social philosophy.
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Jason L. Powell
Foucault and Modern Society
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05/2020
Nova Science Publishers Inc
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Content
- Intro
- Foucault and Modern Society
- Foucault and Modern Society
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1
- Introduction: The Relevance of Michel Foucault
- Chapter 2
- Foucault and Social Science
- Introduction
- Tools for Thinking
- Archaeology
- Genealogy
- The Making of the Modern Subject
- Classification Practices
- Dividing Practices
- Self-Subjectification Practices
- Subjectivity: Three Domains
- The Body
- The Population
- The Individual
- Chapter 3
- Foucault, Governmentality and Helping Professions
- The Power of Michel Foucault
- Modern Social Work in England
- Social Work and Surveillance
- Social Work, Power and Discretion
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4
- Foucault's Impact: Butler, Performance and Social Work
- Introduction
- Performance in Social Relations
- Rethinking Power and Resistance
- Performativity and Professionalisation
- 'A Professional Performance': Social Work, Knowledge and Subjection
- Chapter 5
- Foucault and Surveillance
- Foucauldian Studies
- Re-Applying Foucault to Power/Knowledge Manifestations
- Power
- Prisons, Risk and Consumerism
- Surveillance and Old Age
- Normalising Aging
- Conclusion
- Chapter 6
- Conclusion
- Summary
- References
- Author's Contact Information
- Index
- Blank Page
