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The Cambridge Companion to Foucault

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Description for The Cambridge Companion to Foucault Paperback. A comprehensive guide to Foucault, from his early work on madness to his history of sexuality. Editor(s): Gutting, Gary. Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 486 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 728.
For Michel Foucault, philosophy was a way of questioning the allegedly necessary truths that underpin the practices and institutions of modern society. He carried this out in a series of deeply original and strikingly controversial studies on the origins of modern medical and social scientific disciplines. These studies have raised fundamental questions about the nature of human knowledge and its relation to power structures, and have become major topics of discussion throughout the humanities and social sciences. The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive overview of Foucault's major themes and texts, from his early work on madness through his ... Read more

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
486
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
Condition
New
Weight
707g
Number of Pages
486
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521600538
SKU
V9780521600538
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About Gary (Ed) Gutting
Gary Gutting holds the Notre Dame Chair in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author, most recently, of Foucault: A Very Short Introduction and French Philosophy in the Twentieth Century, and is founder and editor of Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

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