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The Cambridge Introduction to Michel Foucault

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Cambridge Introduction to Michel Foucault
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Lisa Downing
SeriesCambridge Introductions to Literature
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:152
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 155
Category/GenreLiterary theory
Western philosophy from c 1900 to now
ISBN/Barcode 9780521864435
ClassificationsDewey:194
Audience
Undergraduate
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 11 September 2008
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

French philosopher and historian Michel Foucault is essential reading for students in departments of literature, history, sociology and cultural studies. His work on the institutions of mental health and medicine, the history of systems of knowledge, literature and literary theory, criminality and the prison system, and sexuality, has had a profound and enduring impact across the humanities and social sciences. This introductory book, written for students, offers in-depth critical and contextual perspectives on all of Foucault's major published works. It provides ways in to understanding Foucault's key concepts of subjectivity, discourse, and power and explains the problems of translation encountered in reading Foucault in English. The book also explores the critical reception of Foucault's works and acquaints the reader with the afterlives of some of his theories, particularly his influence on feminist and queer studies. This book offers the ideal introduction to a famously complex, controversial and important thinker.

Author Biography

Lisa Downing is Professor of French Discourses of Sexuality and Director of the Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Sexuality and Gender in Europe at the University of Exeter.