Foucault
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0714649155
Category
194 MODERN WESTERN PHILOSOPHY-France
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Publication Year
1998
Publisher
Frank Cass Publishers, United States
Pages
158
Subject
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984;
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Abstract
Michael Foucault (1926-1984) was one of the most renowned of late twentieth century social philosophers. He covered an enormous range: from sexuality to prisons; from identity to power; from knowledge to politics.
The essays written for this book range over all of foucault’s work, but their main critical focus is upon objectivity, power and knowledge. The very possibility of a critical stance is a recurring theme in all of Foucault’s works and the contributors vary in the ways that they relate to his key views on truth and reason in relation to power and government.
The essays written for this book range over all of foucault’s work, but their main critical focus is upon objectivity, power and knowledge. The very possibility of a critical stance is a recurring theme in all of Foucault’s works and the contributors vary in the ways that they relate to his key views on truth and reason in relation to power and government.
Description
Five eminent critics explore the validity of Foucault's ideas on such questions as the fit between power and knowledge and the tension between historicist and universalist claims.The very possibility of a critical stance is a recurring theme in all of Foucault's works, and the contributors vary in the ways that they relate to his key views on truth and reason in relation to power and government. - from Amzon
Biblio Notes
Table of Contents
Introduction Robert Nola ……………………………………………….........p. 1
Foucault as Historian Keith Windschuttle ……………………………...p. 5
Foucault's Problematic Joseph Margolis ………………………………...p. 36
Knowledge and Political Reason Barry Hindess ………………………p. 63
Foucault and the Possibility of Historical
Transcendence Robert Wicks …………………………………………................p. 85
Knowledge, Discourse, Power and Genealogy in
Foucault Robert Nola ………………………………………………......................p. 109
Notes on Contributors ……………………………………………….............…p. 155
Introduction Robert Nola ……………………………………………….........p. 1
Foucault as Historian Keith Windschuttle ……………………………...p. 5
Foucault's Problematic Joseph Margolis ………………………………...p. 36
Knowledge and Political Reason Barry Hindess ………………………p. 63
Foucault and the Possibility of Historical
Transcendence Robert Wicks …………………………………………................p. 85
Knowledge, Discourse, Power and Genealogy in
Foucault Robert Nola ………………………………………………......................p. 109
Notes on Contributors ……………………………………………….............…p. 155
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