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Reassessing Foucault: Power, Medicine and the Body (Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine) by Jones, Colin, Porter, Roy is a biography available to read on EtoBox.

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Though Foucault is now widely taught in universities, his writings are notoriously difficult. Reassessing Foucault critically examines the implications of his work for students and researchers in a wide range of areas in the social and human sciences. Focusing on the social history of medicine, successive chapters deal with his historiographical, methodological and philosophical writings, his ideas about prisons, hospitals, madness and disease, and his thinking about the body. The book also sugg

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Jones, Colin, Porter, Roy
Publisher
Routledge
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9780203159149
Category
biography
Subjects
Medical, Psychology, Social Science
Updated
2026-03-25

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