2nd Edition

Understanding Foucault A critical introduction

By Tony Schirato, Geoff Danaher Copyright 2012
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

'An outstandingly good introduction to Foucault's work: lucid, measured, well organised, and covering this complex and in many ways heterogeneous body of work with remarkable thoroughness and ease.' - Professor John Frow, University of Melbourne Michel Foucault is now regarded as one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. He is known for his sensibility of critique and his... Read more
Preface

Acknowledgements

Glossary of theoretical terms

1 Questions of method

2 Power and knowledge

3 Governmentality

4 Liberalism and neo-liberalism

5 Subjectivity and technologies of the self

6 Critique and ethics

Bibliography

Index

Biography

TONY SCHIRATO is Associate Professor in the School of English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. GEOFF DANAHER is an independent scholar affiliated with CQUniversity Australia. JEN WEBB is Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Design at the University of Canberra.