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The Cambridge Introduction to Michel Foucault
Lisa Downing
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Description for The Cambridge Introduction to Michel Foucault
Hardback. This book covers Foucault's major works in depth, and offers clear explanations of his key themes of power and discourse. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 400.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Introductions to Literature
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521864435
SKU
V9780521864435
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About Lisa Downing
Lisa Downing is Professor of French Discourses of Sexuality and Director of the Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Sexuality and Gender in Europe at the University of Exeter.
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