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- catalog abstract ""Michel Foucault's work was described at his death as "the most important event of thought in our century". As a philosopher, historian and political activist he certainly left behind an enduring and influential body of work, but is this acclaim justified? Introducing Foucault places Foucault's work in its turbulent philosophical and political context, and critically explores his mission to expose the links between knowledge and power in the human sciences, their discourses and institutions. This book explains how Foucault overturned our assumptions about the experience and perception of madness, sexuality and criminality, and the often brutal social practices of confinement, confession and discipline. It also describes Foucault's engagement with psychiatry and clinical medicine, his political activism and the transgressive aspects of pleasure and desire that he promoted in his writing."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Foucault.".
- catalog contributor b11386259.
- catalog contributor b11386260.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Michel Foucault's work was described at his death as "the most important event of thought in our century". As a philosopher, historian and political activist he certainly left behind an enduring and influential body of work, but is this acclaim justified? Introducing Foucault places Foucault's work in its turbulent philosophical and political context, and critically explores his mission to expose the links between knowledge and power in the human sciences, their discourses and institutions. This book explains how Foucault overturned our assumptions about the experience and perception of madness, sexuality and criminality, and the often brutal social practices of confinement, confession and discipline. It also describes Foucault's engagement with psychiatry and clinical medicine, his political activism and the transgressive aspects of pleasure and desire that he promoted in his writing."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "174 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1840460865".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Trumpington : Icon,".
- catalog subject "194 21".
- catalog subject "Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.".
- catalog title "Introducing Foucault / Chris Horrocks and Zoran Jevtic.".
- catalog type "text".