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Michel Foucault : An Introduction /

Barker, Philip

Michel Foucault : An Introduction / Philip Barker. - 1 online resource (176 p.)

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 BODY AND TEXT -- 2 POWER, TRUTH AND STRATEGY -- 3 To Discipline and Subject -- 4 Subjectivities and Selves -- 5 Thought from the Outside -- 6 Thinking Against Foucault -- 7 Between Death- Obliteration -- APPENDIX: BIOGRAPHY IN BRIEF -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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The ideal guide to Foucault's work for the non-specialist reader. Organised into easy-to-follow thematic sections, it allows the student to explore Foucault's work with no previous knowledge of contemporary theory. It takes the student through the major strands of Foucault's thought on power and knowledge, discipline and punishment, history and the subject, in a clear and engaging style, providing an easy entry into the complexities of Foucault's thinking.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780748610389 9780585154701

10.1515/9780585154701 doi


Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY / General.