The Essential Foucault: Selections from Essential Works of Foucault, 1954-1984

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The essential one-volume collection of Michel Foucault's letters, lectures, and interviews, tracing the evolution of the eminent and groundbreaking philosopher's thought throughout his life The New York Times Book Review , were published in French in 1994; this was followed by a three-volume series from The New Press that brought the most important of these works-courses, articles, and personal letters, many of them translated into English for the first time-to American readers. Here, the renowned Foucault scholars Paul Rabinow and Nikolas Rose have collected the best pieces from the three-volume set into a one-volume anthology in which Foucault's dazzling intellect and gift for language are on full display. The Essential Foucault, which features a provocative introduction by Rabinow and Rose, is certain to become the standard text for all those interested in a comprehensive overview of Foucault's thought.

"A rare opportunity to see how a great and original mind produces its work as well as itself at the same time ... Foucault's work ... leaves no reader untouched or unchanged." -Edward Said, The New York Times Book Review "What shines through in these pieces is [Foucault's] remarkable liveliness of response, the extravagance of his curiosity, the originality and assurance of his formulations." -Geoffrey Galt Harpham, The Boston Book Review