Constructing Foucault's ethics : a poststructuralist moral theory for the twenty-first century / Mark Olssen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olssen, Mark, author.

Series:

Manchester scholarship online.

Manchester scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.

Foucault, Michel.

Normativity (Ethics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 348 pages) : 1 illustration (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2021.

Summary:

The work of Michel Foucault has had a huge influence on contemporary philosophy, but one thing it lacks is a normative ethical framework. Seeking to construct an ethics consistent with Foucault's core postulates, this study advances the concept of 'life continuance', an approach it contrasts with a range of other, established systems.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Foucault and normativity

2. Life and error: Foucault, Canguilhem, Jacob

3. Nietzsche’s life philosophy: naturalism, will to power, norma

4. Continuance ethics, objectivity, Kant

5. Foucault, Hegel, Marx

6. Hobbes, God, and modern social contract theory

7. A politics of pluralism

8. Democracy, education, global ethics

9. Ethical comportment

Appendix 1: A reading list for Foucault’s ethics

Appendix 2: The Anglo-American and Continental traditions on Nietzsche scholarship, a note

References

Index

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 5, 2026).

ISBN:

1-5261-6664-X

1-5261-5659-8

1-5261-5661-X

OCLC:

1253131953