Foucault: A Very Short Introduction
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (920 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0192805576 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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An outstanding introduction to the thought of Foucault Gary Gutting's brief survey of the thought of Michel Foucault is not merely one of the best books in Oxford UP's Very Short Introductions series, but one of the clearest, most insightful pieces on Foucault that I've read. I haven't read much Foucault since working my way through most of his books in the late eighties. To prepare for a re-reading of those books I decided to read this book as a refresher/quick overview. Most of the . ""Very Short" and Very Concise" according to Timothy A. Curry. I wish I'd found this little volume before embarking on an attempt to digest Foucault's major works whole - it might have saved considerable frustration. Don't expect a categorical analysis of any of them from Gutting's survey, that's not what this is for. Do expect a more distant perspective from which the forest is no longer obscured by the trees.Neither is this a Cliff Notes version of Foucault's work - if you haven't taken the. "A Good Survey" according to David Milliern. The average ratings of books reviewed on Amazon are peculiar, about half the time. In this case, the field has it right: this is a four-star book. I think the author does a fine job encapsulating all the major points of information surrounding Foucault’s corpus, but I don’t think it was nearly as interesting as it could have been. The few brushes I have had with Foucault’s texts and biographical material have bee
He even managed to write a best seller in France on a book dedicated to the history of systems of thought. Because he never succinctly stated his arguments, those trying to come to terms with Foucault's work have desperately sought introductory material to make his theories clear and accessible for the beginner.Here, Gary Gutting presents a comprehensive but non-systematic treatment of some highlights of Foucault's life and thought. A major influence on Queer Theory and gender studies (he was openly gay and died of an AIDS-related illness in 1984), he also wrote on architecture, history, law, medicine, literature, politics, and of course philosophy. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.. It then considers Foucault's thoughts on literature, in particular the avant-garde scene, his philosophical and historical work and the reception he received from the historical community, his treatment of knowledge and power in modern society, and his thoughts on sexuality.About
Gary Gutting is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of French Philosophy in the Twentieth Century and Michel Foucault's Archaeology of Scientific Reason and the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Foucault.
`Review from previous edition 'I can think of nobody in the English speaking world better placed to write a VSI on Foucault than Gary Gutting.'' Simon Critchley (Essex University), author of A Very Short Introduction to Continental Philosophy, on the proposal`'A first-rate introduction to the work of this difficult thinker, which navigates the complexity of his thought with confidence and clarity'' Professor Todd May, Clemson University, South Carolina