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Foucault's History of sexuality. Volume I, pThe will to knowledge / Mark G.E. Kelly.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelly, Mark G. E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984--Criticism and interpretation.
- Foucault, Michel.
- Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984. Volonté de savoir.
- Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
- Sex--History.
- Sex.
- History.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 150 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2013]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The books in this series are specifically written for students reading philosophy for the first time. Focusing on passages most frequently taught at university level each book is a step-by-step guide to help you read the key texts from the history of philosophy with confidence and perception. Each book offers: a summary of the text, an overview of its key ideas, historian context, a guide to further reading and study In the first volume of his History of Sexuality. The Will to Knowledge, Foucault weaves together the most influential theoretical account of sexuality since Freud. Mark Kelly systematically unpacks the intricacies of Foucault's dense and sometimes confusing exposition, in a straightforward way, putting it in its historical and theoretical context. This is both a guide for the reader new to the text and one that offers new insights to those already familiar with Foucault's work. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Historical Context 4
- 2 A Guide to the Text 15
- Contesting the Repressive Hypothesis (Part One) 15
- The Explosion of Discourse (Part Two) 31
- The Confessional Science (Part Three) 45
- The Analytic of Power (Part Four, Chapters 1-2) 53
- The Distribution of Sexuality (Part Four, Chapters 3-4) 77
- Biopower (Part Five, first half) 93
- The Ontology of Sex (Part Five, second half) 109
- 3 Study Resources 132
- Glossary 132
- Further Reading 136
- Answering Essay and Examination Questions 144.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
- OCLC:
- 843636372
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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