The Foucault Reader: Michel Foucault (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover

Foucault, Michel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241435145 ISBN 13: 9780241435144

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2020

Synopsis

'The most innovative and influential French thinker of the contemporary era' Guardian

This is the ideal introduction to one of the most significant and radical philosophers of the past century. It includes detailed excerpts from all of Foucault's major works, including Discipline and Punish and The History of Sexuality, as well as many of his most revealing interviews, covering subjects from madness to desire, art to the nature of truth. No other writer has made us think more about the structures of power and control in our society, both past and present.

'Scarcely any philosopher working on the history of philosophy or historian working on the history of institutions, social science or sexuality can avoid confronting the challenge of Foucault's books' Michael Ignatieff

Edited by Paul Rabinow

About this title

About the Author

Michel Foucalt (1926-1984) was one of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century and the most prominent thinker in postwar France. Foucault's work influenced disciplines as diverse as history, sociology, philosophy, sociology and literary criticism.

From the Back Cover

The Foucault Reader is the ideal introduction to one the most stimulating and influential writers of the past century. It includes detailed excerpts from all his richly textured historical studies - including Discipline and Punish and The History of Sexuality - as well as many of his best interviews.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241435145
• ISBN 13: 9780241435144
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400