Reassessing Foucault - Power, Medicine and the Body (Hardcover, New)

Although Michel Foucault has had an impact upon the intellectual life of the last couple of decades, his work remains controversial. This work re-examines his ideas and their influence in many areas of the social sciences and the history of ideas and culture. Foucault's work has proved provocative. In terms of methodology, he challenged the outlooks of the history of ideas, denying continuity and progress and the stability of disciplines. In specific fields of enquiry, such as the history of madness or of prisons, he set out to expose the essentially mythic nature of the established narratives and analytical frameworks. He also produced radical new readings of central figures and bodies of thought, particularly of Freud and psychoanalysis.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine
Release date:	May 1994
First published:	1994
Editors:	Colin Jones • Roy Porter
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-07542-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Medical anthropology Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
LSN:	0-415-07542-4
Barcode:	9780415075428

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