Biography
Alex Sharpe is Professor of Law at Keele University.
“One of the rites of passage for all legal and socio-legal scholars is to give at least some consideration to the fundamental norms of modern liberal rule … Foucault’s Monsters … [is] an attempt to speak to this rite of passage topic. It is, moreover, a very good attempt. … Sharpe is to be congratulated for her contribution to this longstanding debate. Making a mark in this field is no mean feat”
- Professor Gary Wickham, (2010) 37(4) Journal of Law and Society 691
“Foucault's Monsters and the Challenge of Law is a very erudite and impeccably serious book about monsters … it is the first book in English which seriously engages with [Foucault’s] Abnormal lecture course. It is clearly written, well-researched and full of insightful historical and theoretical detail. [An] excellent book”
- Associate Professor Ben Golder, (2011) 74(4) Modern Law Review 639
“Sharpe’s book is a rare gem in this second wave of Foucaultian legal research. … Th[e] book is exceptionally relevant. It works its way through the genealogy of the monster in law only to enter into a very current debate that will be highly illuminating for anyone working in, for example, medical law or bioethics as well as the general history of legal thinking”
- Professor Panu Minkkinen, (2011) 7(3) Law, Culture & the Humanities 488
