The Foucault Reader: An Introduction to Foucault's Thought, with Major New Unpublished Material - Softcover

Michel Foucault; Paul Rabinow

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140552103 ISBN 13: 9780140552102

Publisher: Penguin, 1986

Synopsis

Selections of the noted philosopher's work from each of the disciplines that he has influenced - ranging from literary criticism to the history of criminology.

About this title

About the Author:

Michel Foucault was born in Poitiers, France, in 1926. He lecturerd in universities throughout the world; served as director at the Institut Francais in Hamburg, Germany and at the Institut de Philosophi at the Faculte des Lettres in the University of Clermont-Ferrand, France; and wrote frequently for French newspapers and reviews. At the time of his death in 1984, he held a chair at France's most prestigious institutions, the College de France.

From the Back Cover:

Michael Foucault was one of the most influential thinkers in the contemporary world, someone whose work has affected the teaching of half a dozen disciplines ranging from literary criticism to the history of criminology. But of his many books, not one offers a satisfactory introduction to the entire complex body of his work. The Foucault Reader was commissioned precisely to serve that purpose.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0140552103
• ISBN 13: 9780140552102
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400