Michel Foucault : : An Introduction / / Philip Barker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Barker, Philip,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; 1 BODY AND TEXT --; 2 POWER, TRUTH AND STRATEGY --; 3 To Discipline and Subject --; 4 Subjectivities and Selves --; 5 Thought from the Outside --; 6 Thinking Against Foucault --; 7 Between Death- Obliteration --; APPENDIX: BIOGRAPHY IN BRIEF --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780585154701; 9783110780475
• DOI: 10.1515/9780585154701
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Philip Barker.

The ideal guide to Foucault's work for the non-specialist reader. Organised into easy-to-follow thematic sections, it allows the student to explore Foucault's work with no previous knowledge of contemporary theory. It takes the student through the major strands of Foucault's thought on power and knowledge, discipline and punishment, history and the subject, in a clear and engaging style, providing an easy entry into the complexities of Foucault's thinking.