Reassessing Foucault

. Ed(s): Jones, Colin; Porter, Roy

ISBN 10: 0415075424 / ISBN 13: 9780415075428

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, 1994

About this Item

This study sets out to examine the implications of Foucault's work for students and researchers in a wide selection of areas in the social and human sciences. Editor(s): Jones, Colin; Porter, Roy. Series: Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; M. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454. . 1994. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reassessing Foucault
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415075424
• ISBN 13: 9780415075428
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Though Foucault is now widely taught in universities, his writings are notoriously difficult. Reassessing Foucault critically examines the implications of his work for students and researchers in a wide range of areas in the social and human sciences.
Focusing on the social history of medicine, successive chapters deal with his historiographical, methodological and philosophical writings, his ideas about prisons, hospitals, madness and disease, and his thinking about the body.
The book also suggests ways in which Foucault's influence will continue to dominate cultural history and the social sciences.

About the Author

Colin Jones is Professor of History at the University of Warwick. Roy Porter is Professor of Social History of Medicine a the Wellcome Institute in London.