A Foucault Primer: Discourse, Power, and the Subject (Interpretations,) - Softcover

McHoul, Alec; Grace, Wendy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0522845770 ISBN 13: 9780522845778

Publisher: Melbourne University Press, 1989

Synopsis

In such seminal works as Madness and Civilization, Discipline and Punish, and The History of Sexuality, the late philosopher Michel Foucault explored what our politics, our sexuality, our societal conventions, and our changing notions of truth told us about ourselves. In the process, Foucault garnered a reputation as one of the preeminent philosophers of the latter half of the twentieth century, and has served as a primary influence on successive generations of philosophers and cultural critics. With A Foucault Primer, Alec McHoul and Wendy Grace bring Foucault's work into focus for the uninitiated.

About this title

About the Author

Alec McHoul is the author of Telling How Texts Talk and co-author of Writing Pynchon: Strategies in Fictional Analysis. He teaches at Murdock University, where Wendy Grace is engaged in postgraduate work of Foucault.

Review

“A consistently clear, comprehensive and accessible introduction which carefully sifts Foucault’s work for both its strengths and weaknesses. McHoul and Grace show an intimate familiarity with Foucault's writings and a lively, but critical engagement with the relevance of his work. A model primer.”
-Tony Bennett,author of Outside Literature

Edition details

• Publisher: Melbourne University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0522845770
• ISBN 13: 9780522845778
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160