Introducing Foucault

Introducing Foucault
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Publisher : Icon Books
Total Pages : 177
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ISBN-10 : 9781840469127
ISBN-13 : 1840469129
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Book Synopsis Introducing Foucault by : Christopher Horrocks

Download or read book Introducing Foucault written by Christopher Horrocks and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book places Michel 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. It 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.


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