1st Edition

Foucault

Edited By Robert Nola Copyright 1999
    168 Pages
    by Routledge

    168 Pages
    by Routledge

    Five eminent critics explore the validity of Foucault's ideas on such questions as the fit between power and knowledge and the tension between historicist and universalist claims.The very possibility of a critical stance is a recurring theme in all of Foucault's works, and the contributors vary in the ways that they relate to his key views on truth and reason in relation to power and government.

    Introduction; Chapter 1 Foucault as Historian, Keith Windschuttle; Chapter 2 Foucault’s Problematic, Joseph Margolis; Chapter 3 Knowledge and Political Reason, Barry Hindess; Chapter 4 Foucault and the Possibility of Historical Transcendence, Wicks Robert; Chapter 5 Knowledge, Discourse, Power and Genealogy in Foucault, Robert Nola;

    Biography

    Robert Nola