Michel Foucault

Informationen zum Autor Sara Mills is Research Professor at Sheffield Hallam University. She has published on feminism, post-colonial theory and linguistics and is the author of Discourse, a highly successful volume in Routledge's New Critical Idiom series. Klappentext It is impossible to imagine contemporary critical theory without the work of Michel Foucault. His radical reworkings of the concepts of power, knowledge, discourse and identity have influenced the widest possible range of theories and impacted upon disciplinary fields from literary studies to anthropology. Aimed at students approaching Foucault's texts for the first time, this volume offers:* an examination of Foucault's contexts* a guide to his key ideas* an overview of responses to his work* practical hints on 'using Foucault'* an annotated guide to his most influential works* suggestions for further reading.Challenging not just what we think but how we think, Foucault's work remains the subject of heated debate. Sara Mills' Michel Foucault offers an introduction to both the ideas and the debate, fully equipping student readers for an encounter with this most influential of thinkers. Zusammenfassung Sara Mills offers an introduction to both the ideas of Michel Foucault and the debate surrounding him, fully equipping student readers for an encounter with this most influential of thinkers. Inhaltsverzeichnis introduction Why Foucault?; Part 1 Key Ideas; Chapter 1 Foucault's intellectual and political development; Chapter 2 Power and institutions; Chapter 3 Discourse; Chapter 4 Power/Knowledge; Chapter 5 The body and sexuality; Chapter 6 Questioning the subject; Chapter 7 After Foucault;

List of contents

introduction Why Foucault?; Part 1 Key Ideas; Chapter 1 Foucault's intellectual and political development; Chapter 2 Power and institutions; Chapter 3 Discourse; Chapter 4 Power/Knowledge; Chapter 5 The body and sexuality; Chapter 6 Questioning the subject; Chapter 7 After Foucault;

Product details

• Authors: Sara Mills, Sara (Sheffield Hallam University Mills, Mills Sara
• Assisted by: Robert Eaglestone (Editor), Sara Mills (Editor)
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2003
• EAN: 9780415245692
• ISBN: 978-0-415-24569-2
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers; Critical Thinkers; Routledge Critical Thinkers; Critical Thinkers
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Cultural Studies, PHILOSOPHY / General, Social Theory, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, Humanities, Literary studies: general, Literary theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / LGBTQ+