Foucault and Classical Antiquity - Power, Ethics and Knowledge (Paperback)

This 2005 book is a critical examination of Michel Foucault's relation to ancient Greek thought, in particular his famous analysis of Greek history of sexuality. Wolfgang Detel offers an understanding of Foucault's theories of power and knowledge based on modern analytical theories of science and concepts of power. He offers a complex reading of the texts which Foucault discusses, covering topics such as Aristotle's ethics and theory of sex, Hippocratic dietetics, the earliest treatises on economics, and Plato's theory of love. The result is a philosophically rich and probing critique of Foucault's later writings, and a persuasive account of the relation between ethics, power and knowledge in classical antiquity. His book will have a wide appeal to readers interested in Foucault and in Greek thought and culture.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Modern European Philosophy
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	December 2010
Authors:	Wolfgang Detel
Translators:	David Wigg-Wolf
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	292
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-17972-0
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	German
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General
LSN:	0-521-17972-6
Barcode:	9780521179720

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