Michel Foucault : key concepts / edited by Dianna Taylor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor, Dianna.

Series:

Key concepts (Acumen Publishing)

Key concepts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.

Foucault, Michel.

Philosophy, French.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 200 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Durham : Acumen, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Michel Foucault's work on freedom, subjectivity and power is now central to thinking across an extraordinarily wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, history, psychology, politics, anthropology, sociology and criminology. Michel Foucault: Key Concepts explores Foucault’s central ideas, such as disciplinary power, biopower, bodies, spirituality, and practices of the self. Each essay focuses on a specific concept, analyzing its meaning and uses across Foucault’s work, highlighting its connection to other concepts, and emphasizing its potential applications. Together, the chapters provide the main co-ordinates to map Foucault’s work.

Contents:

Introduction: Power, freedom and subjectivity / Dianna Taylor

Power: Foucault's theory of power / Richard A. Lynch

Disciplinary power / Marcelo Hoffman

Biopower / Chloë Taylor

Power/knowledge / Ellen K. Feder

Freedom: Foucault's conception of freedom / Todd May

Freedom and bodies / Johanna Oksala

Freedom and spirituality / Karen Vintges

The practice of freedom / Eduardo Mendieta

Subjectivity: Foucault's theory and practice of subjectivity / Edward McGushin

Subjectivity and truth / Brad Elliott Stone

Subjectivity and power / Cressida J. Heyes

Practices of the self / Dianna Taylor.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-195) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-49204-8

1-317-49205-6

1-315-71147-8

1-280-12003-7

9786613523952

1-84465-473-7

9781315711478

OCLC:

1000440643