Foucault: A Critical Reader (Blackwell Critical Reader) - Softcover

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Synopsis

This collection of articles on Michel Foucault confirms his position as one of the most influential thinkers in this last quarter of the century, and simultaneously demonstrates the current ambivalence among philosophers and social scientists about the actual grounds for such an assessment.

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About the Author

David C. Hoy is the author of Foucault: A Critical Reader, published by Wiley.

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This collection gives a complete picture of Foucault's importance as a thinker and social critic who transcended academic boundaries to challenge entrenched, institutionalized models of theoretical rationality and practical normalcy.

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This collection gives a complete picture of Foucault's importance as a thinker and social critic who transcended academic boundaries to challenge entrenched, institutionalized models of theoretical rationality and practical normalcy.

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Publisher: Blackwell Publishers, 1986
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