Descrizione del libro:
This volume presents a systematic and comprehensive overview of Foucault's major themes and texts, from his early work on madness through his history of sexuality, and relates his work to significant contemporary movements such as critical theory and feminism.
Contenuti:
Preface; Biographical chronology; Introduction Michel Foucault: a user's manual Gary Gutting; 1. Foucault's mapping of history Thomas Flynn; 2. Foucault and the history of madness Gary Gutting; 3. The death of man, or exhaustion of the cogito? tr. Catherine Porter George Canguilhem; 4. Power/knowledge Joseph Rouse; 5. Ethics as ascetics: Foucault, the history of ethics, and ancient thought Arnold Davidson; 6. The ethics of Michel Foucault James Bernauer and Michael Mahon; 7. What is enlightenment?: Kant and Foucault Christopher Norris; 8. Modern and countermodern: ethos and epoch on Heidegger and Foucault Paul Rabinow; 9. Foucault and Habermas on the subject of reason David Ingram; 10. 'Between Tradition and Oblivion': Foucault, the complications of form, the literature of reason, and the aesthetics of existence Stephen Watson; 11. Foucault, feminism, and questions of identity Jana Sawicki; 12. Foucault, Michel, 1926 tr. Catherine Porter, Maurice Florence.
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