The Cambridge introduction to Michel Foucault / Lisa Downing.
2008
B2430.F724 D69 2008 (Mapit)
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Title
The Cambridge introduction to Michel Foucault / Lisa Downing.
Author
Downing, Lisa.
ISBN
9780521682992 (pbk.)
0521682991 (pbk.)
9780521864435
0521864437
0521682991 (pbk.)
9780521864435
0521864437
Publication Details
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Language
English
Description
xii, 138 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
B2430.F724 D69 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
194
Summary
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Cambridge introductions to literature.
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Table of Contents
Life, texts, contexts
Works: madness and medicine
Works: the death of man
Works: authors and texts
Works: crime and punishment
Works: The History of Sexuality
Critical receptions.
Works: madness and medicine
Works: the death of man
Works: authors and texts
Works: crime and punishment
Works: The History of Sexuality
Critical receptions.