Understanding Foucault - A Critical Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Tony Schirato teaches and researches in the areas of cultural theory, media literacy, and sport and the media. He has co-authored books on the work of Michel Foucault and Pierre Bourdieu, and also on communication and cultural literacy, globalisation, Asian cultural politics and visual culture. His most recent book is on sports culture. He is currently co-authoring a book on the work of gender theorist Judith Butler. Dr Geoff Danaher taught in the STEPS bridging program at CQUniversity. He has researched in areas such as cultural studies, education for travellers, comedy and gender and sport. Jen Webb is Professor of Creative Communication at the University of Canberra. With Tony Schirato, she edits the Understanding Contemporary Culture book series. Klappentext This book is the perfect introduction to a thinker many students can find challenging. Foucault is the last great intellectual in the social sciences - people need to understand him. Zusammenfassung This book is the perfect introduction to a thinker many students can find challenging. Foucault is the last great intellectual in the social sciences - people need to understand him. Inhaltsverzeichnis Questions of Method Power and Knowledge Governmentality Liberalism and Neo-Liberalism Subjectivity and Technologies of the Self Critique and Ethics

Product details

• Authors: Geoff Danaher, Danaher Geoff, Tony Schirato, Tony Danaher Schirato, Schirato Tony, Jen Webb, Jen Schirato Webb, Jenn Webb, Webb Jenn
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.01.2012
• EAN: 9781446252352
• ISBN: 978-1-4462-5235-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Understanding Contemporary Culture series; Understanding Contemporary Cul; Understanding Contemporary Culture series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -