[PDF] The Cambridge Companion To Foucault eBook

Author : Gary Gutting
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 39,98 MB
Release : 2005-07-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1107494974

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For Michel Foucault, philosophy was a way of questioning the allegedly necessary truths that underpin the practices and institutions of modern society. He carried this out in a series of deeply original and strikingly controversial studies on the origins of modern medical and social scientific disciplines. These studies have raised fundamental questions about the nature of human knowledge and its relation to power structures, and have become major topics of discussion throughout the humanities and social sciences. The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive overview of Foucault's major themes and texts, from his early work on madness through his history of sexuality. Special attention is also paid to thinkers and movements, from Kant through current feminist theory, that are particularly important for understanding his work and its impact. This revised edition contains five new essays and revisions of many others, and the extensive bibliography has been updated.

Author : Gary Gutting
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 25,8 MB
Release : 2005-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521840828

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A comprehensive guide to Foucault, from his early work on madness to his history of sexuality.

Author : Leonard Lawlor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1318 pages
File Size : 17,69 MB
Release : 2014-04-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139867067

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The Cambridge Foucault Lexicon is a reference tool that provides clear and incisive definitions and descriptions of all of Foucault's major terms and influences, including history, knowledge, language, philosophy and power. It also includes entries on philosophers about whom Foucault wrote and who influenced Foucault's thinking, such as Deleuze, Heidegger, Nietzsche and Canguilhem. The entries are written by scholars of Foucault from a variety of disciplines such as philosophy, gender studies, political science and history. Together, they shed light on concepts key to Foucault and to ongoing discussions of his work today.

Author : Lisa Downing
Publisher :
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 23,83 MB
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780511650109

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This 2008 book covers Foucault's major works in depth, and offers clear explanations of his key themes of power and discourse.

Author : Gary Gutting
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 24,97 MB
Release : 1989-09-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521366984

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An introduction to the critical interpretation of the work of Michael Foucault.

Author : Christina Howells
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 30,1 MB
Release : 1992-08-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139824945

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This is one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date surveys of the philosophy of Sartre, by some of the foremost interpreters in the United States and Europe. The essays are both expository and original, and cover Sartre's writings on ontology, phenomenology, psychology, ethics, and aesthetics, as well as his work on history, commitment, and progress; a final section considers Sartre's relationship to structuralism and deconstruction. Providing a balanced view of Sartre's philosophy and situating it in relation to contemporary trends in Continental philosophy, the volume shows that many of the topics associated with Lacan, Foucault, Levi-Strauss, and Derrida are to be found in the work of Sartre, in some cases as early as 1936. A special feature of the volume is the treatment of the recently published and hitherto little studied posthumous works.

Author : Todd May
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 23,72 MB
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1317493850

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Michel Foucault's historical and philosophical investigations have gone through many phases: the archaeological, the genealogical, and the ethical among them. What remains constant, however, is the question that motivates them: who are we? Todd May follows Foucault's itinerary from his early history of madness to his posthumously published College de France lectures and shows how the question of who we are shifts and changes but remains constantly at or just below the surface of his writings. By approaching Foucault's work in this way, May is able to offer readers an engaging and illuminating way to understand Foucault. Each of Foucault's key works - "Madness and Civilization," "The Archaeology of Knowledge," "The Order of Things," "Discipline and Punish" and the multi-volume "History of Sexuality" - are examined in detail and situated in an historical context that makes effective use of comparisons with other thinkers such as Freud, Nietzsche and Sartre. Throughout this book May strikes a balance between sympathetic presentation and criticism of Foucault's ideas and in so doing exposes Foucault's contributions of lasting value. "The Philosophy of Foucault" is an accessible and stimulating introduction to one of the most popular and influential thinkers of recent years and will be welcomed by students studying Foucault as part of politics, sociology, history and philosophy courses.

Author : Charles Martindale
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 40,49 MB
Release : 1997-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521498852

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Virgil became a school author in his own lifetime and the centre of the Western canon for the next 1800 years, exerting a major influence on European literature, art, and politics. This Companion is designed as an indispensable guide for anyone seeking a fuller understanding of an author critical to so many disciplines. It consists of essays by seventeen scholars from Britain, the USA, Ireland and Italy which offer a range of different perspectives both traditional and innovative on Virgil's works, and a renewed sense of why Virgil matters today. The Companion is divided into four main sections, focussing on reception, genre, context, and form. This ground-breaking book not only provides a wealth of material for an informed reading but also offers sophisticated insights which point to the shape of Virgilian scholarship and criticism to come.

Author : Daniel W. Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 49,73 MB
Release : 2012-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1107002613

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This book provides a clear, comprehensive survey of Deleuze's philosophy, whilst also offering deep analysis of key aspects of his thought.

Author : Stephen K. White
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 44,83 MB
Release : 1995-04-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139825143

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Jurgen Habermas is unquestionably one of the foremost philosophers writing today. His notions of communicative action and rationality have exerted a profound influence within philosophy and the social sciences. This volume examines the historical and intellectual contexts out of which Habermas' work emerged, and offers an overview of his main ideas, including those in his most recent publication. Amongst the topics discussed are his relationship to the Frankfurt School of critical theory and Marx, his unique contributions to the philosophy of the social sciences, the concept of 'communicative ethics', and the critique of post-modernism. New readers and non-specialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Habermas currently available. Advanced students will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Habermas.