Overview

This rich collection of interviews and other writings, many of them published here for the first time in English, focuses on the cultural vision that characterised Foucault's later work. In them Foucault rethinks notions such as truth, history, the social self, and ethics from both a philosophical and a social science perspective. The essays develop his dialogue with the masters of modern thought - Kant, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, and Weber - and contrast his theories with theirs. This is a guide to Foucault's thought for the modern reader, written by Foucault himself. A lucid and thought-provoking introduction by Lawrence Kritzman evaluates Foucault's priceless legacy to the intellectual life of the twentieth century.

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Author:   Michel Foucault ,  Lawrence Kritzman ,  Alan Sheridan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.100kg
ISBN:  

9780415901499

ISBN 10:   0415901499
Pages:   356
Publication Date:   22 February 1990
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreward; Introduction: Foucault and the politics of Experience Lawrence D. Kritzman; 1. The Minimalist Self; 2. Critical Theory/Intellectual History; 3. An aesthetics of Existence; 4. Politics and Reason; 5. The Art of Telling the Truth; 6. On Power; 7. Power and Sex; 8. The Dangerous Individual; 9. Practicing Criticism; 10. Social Security; 11. Confinement, Psychiatry, Prison 12. Iran: The Spirit of a World Without Spirit; 13. The Battle for Chastity; 14. The Return of Morality; 15. The Concern for Truth; 16. Sexual Morality and the Law; 17. Sexual Choice, Sexual Act: Foucault and Homosexuality; 18. The Functions of Literature; 19. Contemporary Music and Its Public; 20. The Masked Philosopher

Reviews

. . . fills an important niche in presenting a significant number of Foucault's writings that otherwise would remain unavailable to an English-language audience. . . . this work demonstrates acute insights that illuminate the so-called normal' world. <br>- American Journal of Art Therapy <br> These writings evince Foucault at his most lucid. Kritzman's introduction is most helpful. <br>- Religious Studies Review <br>

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Lawrence D. Kritzman is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Dartmouth.

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