Foucault and Postmodern Conceptions of Reason (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)

For decades Foucault was mostly known for his diagnosis of modernity as a form of entrapment, both in our modes of thought and our behaviors. This book argues that Foucault's reappraisal of modernity occurs with the 1978 and 1979 lectures, in which he sketches modern power as governmentality and neoliberalism. From this perspective, Foucault's once surprising studies on the Greeks' constitution of the 'self' can be seen as a continuation of his diagnosis of late modernity, and as an attempt to retrieve a form of autonomy for our modern selves. One finds in the late Foucault a postmodern conception of reason and not a destruction of reason; but this is possible only if postmodernity is seen as a critical exercise of reason in the analysis of norms.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	July 2021
First published:	2020
Authors:	Laurence Barry
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	234
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-048945-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General
LSN:	3-03-048945-0
Barcode:	9783030489458

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