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Introducing Foucault, 2nd Edition by Chris Horrocks, (Associate professor in art history); Zoran Jevtic; Richard Appignanesi is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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"Michel Foucault's work was described at his death as "the most important event of thought in our century". As a philosopher, historian and political activist he certainly left behind an enduring and influential body of work, but is this acclaim justified? Introducing Foucault places Foucault's work in its turbulent philosophical and political context, and critically explores his mission to expose the links between knowledge and power in the human sciences, their discourses and institutions. This book explains how Foucault overturned our assumptions about the experience and perception of madness, sexuality and criminality, and the often brutal social practices of confinement, confession and discipline. It also describes Foucault's engagement with psychiatry and clinical medicine, his political activism and the transgressive aspects of pleasure and desire that he promoted in his writing."--Jacket

Who reads Introducing Foucault, 2nd Edition?

Author

Chris Horrocks, (Associate professor in art history); Zoran Jevtic; Richard Appignanesi

Publisher

Icon Books ; Totem Books ; Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by National Book Network

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9781840465914

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Philosophy, Social Science, Fiction

Rating

3.3 / 5 (30 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14