Michel Foucault: Key Concepts - Hardcover

Taylor, Dianna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1844652343 ISBN 13: 9781844652341

Publisher: Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

Michel Foucault was one of the twentieth century's most influential and provocative thinkers. His work on freedom, subjectivity, and power is now central to thinking across an extraordinarily wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, history, education, psychology, politics, anthropology, sociology, and criminology. "Michel Foucault: Key Concepts" explores Foucault's central ideas, such as disciplinary power, biopower, bodies, spirituality, and practices of the self. Each essay focuses on a specific concept, analyzing its meaning and uses across Foucault's work, highlighting its connection to other concepts, and emphasizing its potential applications. Together, the chapters provide the main co-ordinates to map Foucault's work. But more than a guide to the work, "Michel Foucault: Key Concepts" introduces readers to Foucault's thinking, equipping them with a set of tools that can facilitate and enhance further study.

About this title

About the Author

Dianna Taylor is Associate Professor of Philosophy at John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Review

"Michel Foucault: Key Concepts is an excellent resource for anyone approaching Foucault's work. It offers authoritative and nuanced treatments that mark a new stage in the critical understanding and employment of Foucault's challenging thought." - Kevin Thompson, DePaul University, USA

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1844652343
• ISBN 13: 9781844652341
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208