Ethics: Subjectivity and Truth (Essential Works of Foucault, 1954-1984, Vol. 1) - Hardcover

Foucault, Michel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565843525 ISBN 13: 9781565843523

Publisher: New Pr, 1997

Synopsis

Michel Foucault is generally considered one of the most brilliant and influential philosophers of the twentieth century, yet much of his writing has remained unpublished and/or unavailable in English. It is only recently that the French publisher Gallimard issued Dis et Ecrits, the first complete collection of everything Foucault published outside of his monographs. Ethics, the first of three volumes in the collection, provides a lucid and accessible overview of Foucault's work. Included in the first section of this volume are his groundbreaking analyses of penal institutions, psychiatry, "biopolitics," and the modern subject. A second section contains interviews, along with Foucault's key writings on ethics. Winner of the Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award.

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About the Author:

Michel Foucault (1926–1984) was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. He held a chair in the history of systems of thought at the Collège de France and lectured at universities throughout the world. The New Press has published his books Aesthetics, Method, and Epistemology; Ethics; Power; The Essential Foucault; and The Chomsky-Foucault Debate (with Noam Chomsky). Foucault’s other books include Madness and Civilization, Discipline and Punish, The Order of Things, and The History of Sexuality.

Paul Rabinow is a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. His previous books include Anthropos Today, French DNA and French Modern.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

About this edition

• Publisher: New Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1565843525
• ISBN 13: 9781565843523
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 334
• Editor: Rabinow Paul