192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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The writings of Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida pose a serious challenge to the old established, but now seriously compromised forms of thought. In this compelling book, Roy Boyne explains the very significant advances for which they have been responsible, their general importance for the human sciences, and the forms of hope that they offer for an age often characterized by scepticism,... Read more
1. Foucault on madness 1.1. The Political Economy of Madness 1.2. Madness in Art and Literature 1.3. Madness and Science 2. The Cartesian Exclusion 2.1. Foucault and Descartes 3. Derrida and Foucault 3.1. The Critique 3.2. Foucault’s Replies 3.3. The Question of Transgression 4. The Text and the Body 4.1. Deconstruction 4.2. Discipline and Punish 5. Post-Hierarchical Politics 5.1. Derrida, Foucault and Marxism 5.2. Feminism and Difference 5.3. Race and Difference
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Roy Boyne
`Clearly written and well argued' - John O'Neill, York University, Canada
