Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault was one of the twentieth century's most influential and provocative thinkers. His work on freedom, subjectivity, and power is now central to thinking across an extraordinarily wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, history, education, psychology, politics, anthropology, sociology, and criminology. "Michel Foucault: Key Concepts" explores Foucault's central ideas, such as disciplinary power, biopower, bodies, spirituality, and practices of the self. Each essay focuses on a specific concept, analyzing its meaning and uses across Foucault's work, highlighting its connection to other concepts, and emphasizing its potential applications. Together, the chapters provide the main co-ordinates to map Foucault's work. But more than a guide to the work, "Michel Foucault: Key Concepts" introduces readers to Foucault's thinking, equipping them with a set of tools that can facilitate and enhance further study.

ISBN 1844652351   Weight (grammes) 272 ISBN13 9781844652358 (What's this?)   Published in Durham Publisher Acumen Publishing Ltd   Series ISSN 1747-655 Imprint Acumen Publishing Ltd   Series title Key Concepts Format Paperback   Height (mm) 216 Publication date 30 Sep 2010   Width (mm) 138 DEWEY 194   Spine width (mm) 15 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education Pages 276

		Contributors
		Introduction: Power, freedom and subjectivity by Dianna Taylor		1
PART I		POWER
1		Foucault's theory of power by Richard A. Lynch		13
2		Disciplinary power by Marcelo Hoffman		27
3		Biopower by Chloe Taylor		41
4		Power/Knowledge by Ellen K. Feder		55
PART II		FREEDOM
5		Foucault's conception of freedom by Todd May		71
6		Freedom and bodies by Johanna Oksala		85
7		Freedom and spirituality by Karen Vintges		99
8		The practice of freedom by Eduardo Mendieta		111
PART III		SUBJECTIVITY
9		Foucault's theory and practice of subjectivity by Edward McGushin		127
10		Subjectivity and truth by Brad Elliott Stone		143
11		Subjectivity and power by Cressida J. Heyes		159
12		Practices of the self by Dianna Taylor		173
		Chronology		187
		Bibliography		189
		Index		196

"Michel Foucault: Key Concepts is an excellent resource for anyone approaching Foucault's work. It offers authoritative and nuanced treatments that mark a new stage in the critical understanding and employment of Foucault's challenging thought." - Kevin Thompson, DePaul University, USA

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