Things 1970: First Edition (2 results)

First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. A short inscription on the fly-leaf, making note of the title change for the second edition, and price, o/w very good in like price-clipped dustjacket with a few small professionally closed tears at the spine tips. A well-documented study of design, illustrated with b/w plates and photographs. This heavy book will cost more to send overseas, than any default postage rate noted. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The Order of Things. An Archaeology of the Human Sciences. Michel Foucault. A translation of Les Motes et les choses. New York: Pantheon Books, A Division of Random House, 1970. First American Edition. Original Dust Jacket. 387 p, navy cloth binding measures 9.5 x 6.5", 8vo. In fair condition. Dust jacket: scuffed & toned at edges; head and tail of spine bumped; hinges creased; small loss at top edge of front cover (close to corner). Boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Gilt lettering bright and clean. Light foxing on cloth boards. Ownership inscription, in black marker, on front paste-down. Very light toning in margins. Binding intact. Please see photos. Paul-Michel Foucault (1926 1984) was a French historian of ideas and philosopher who was also an author, literary critic, political activist, and teacher. Foucault's theories primarily addressed the relationships between power versus knowledge and liberty, and he analyzed how they are used as a form of social control through multiple institutions. Though often cited as a structuralist and postmodernist, Foucault rejected these labels and sought to critique authority without limits on himself. His thought has influenced academics within a large number of contrasting areas of study, with this especially including those working in anthropology, communication studies, criminology, cultural studies, feminism, literary theory, psychology, and sociology. His efforts against homophobia and racial prejudice as well as against other ideological doctrines have also shaped research into critical theory and Marxism Leninism alongside other topics. RAREA1970ABEB 05/25 - HK2484. …