Politics, philosophy, culture : interviews and other writings, 1977-1984 / Michel Foucault ; translated by Alan Sheridan and others; edited with an introduction by Lawrence D. Kritzman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984

Contributor:

Kritzman, Lawrence D., editor.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.

Foucault, Michel.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xxv, 330 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

[Paperback edition].

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 1990.

Summary:

Politics, Philosophy, Culture contains a rich selection of interviews and other writing by the late Michel Foucault. Drawing upon his revolutionary concept of power as well as his critique of the institutions that organize social life, Foucault discusses literature, music, and the power of art while also examining concrete issues such as the Left in contemporary France, the social security system, the penal system, homosexuality, madness, and the Iranian Revolution.

Contents:

Introduction: Foucault and the politics of Experience / Lawrence D. Kritzman

1. The Minimalist Self

2. Critical Theory /Intellectual History

3. An aesthetics of Existence

4. Politics and Reason

5. The Art of Telling the Truth

6. On Power

7. Power and Sex

8. The Dangerous Individual

9. Practicing Criticism

10. Social Security

11. Confinement, Psychiatry, Prison 12. Iran: The Spirit of a World Without Spirit

13. The Battle for Chastity

14. The Return of Morality

15. The Concern for Truth

16. Sexual Morality and the Law

17. Sexual Choice, Sexual Act: Foucault and Homosexuality

18. The Functions of Literature

19. Contemporary Music and Its Public

20. The Masked Philosopher.

Notes:

Translated from the French.

ISBN:

0415901499

9780415901499

OCLC:

874792065