Michel Foucault: Genealogy as Critique by Rudi Visker (English) Paperback Book

Description: Michel Foucault by Rudi Visker, Chris Turner A survey of Foucaults corpus, from his early work on madness to the "History of Sexuality", this book portrays Foucaults as falling into neither the relativist nor the positivist categories, but rather as the inventor of a new analysis of modern mechanisms of control and exclusion. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The reception of Michel Foucaults work has often been divided between two unsatisfactory alternatives. On the one hand there are those who admire the detail of his concrete analysis, but wonder how the political and ethical commitments they seem to rely on can be justified. On the other, there are those who deny the need for normative foundations, but also find it difficult to explain what makes Foucaults archaeologies and genealogies critical. Rudi Viskers book is not only a lucid and elegant survey of Foucaults corpus, from his early work on madness to the History of Sexuality, but also a major intervention in this debate.Reading Foucault against the Heideggarian backdrop to his work, Visker shows that Foucaults target is not order as such, but rather the production of ordering systems which cannot acknowledge their own conditions of possibility. Exploring along the way such intriguing issues as the ambivalence of Foucaults concepts of truth and power, and his philosophically provocative use of quotation marks, Visker portrays Foucault as neither relativist nor positivist, neither activist nor detached observer. Instead, Foucault emerges as the inventor of a new analysis of our modern mechanisms of control and exclusion: precisely of genealogy as critique. Author Biography Rudi Visker is a postdoctoral researcher at the Belgium National Fund for Scientific Research, affiliated to the Institute of Philosophy (K.U. Leuven), where he teaches phenomenology and contemporary philosophy. Between 1991 and 1994 he was also a Fellow of Philosophy at the University of Essex. Promotional A lucid and elegant survey of Foucaults corpus, as well as a major intervention in the debate over the nature of Foucaults work Long Description The reception of Michel Foucault.s work has often been divided between two unsatisfactory alternatives. On the one had there are those who admire the detail of his concrete analysis, but wonder how the political and ethical commitments they seem to rely on can be justified. On the other, there are those who deny the need for normative foundations, but also find it difficult to explain what makes Foucault.s archaeologies and genealogies critical. Rudi Visker.s book is not only a lucid and elegant survey of Foucault.s corpus, from his early work on madness to the History of Sexuality , but also a major intervention in this debate. Reading Foucault against the Heideggarian backdrop to his work, Visker shows that Foucault.s target is not order as such, but rather the production of ordering systems which cannot acknowledge their own conditions of possibility. Exploring along the way such intriguing issues as the ambivalence of Foucault.s concepts of truth and power, and his philosophically provocative use of quotation marks, Visker portrays Foucault as neither relativist nor positivist, neither activist nor detached observer. Instead, Foucault emerges as the inventor of a new analysis of our modern mechanisms of control and exclusion: precisely of .genealogy as critique.. Details ISBN1859840957 Author Chris Turner Short Title MICHEL FOUCAULT Language English ISBN-10 1859840957 ISBN-13 9781859840955 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 194 Year 1995 Translator Chris Turner Imprint Verso Books Subtitle Genealogy as Critique Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from French Birth 1959 Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9781859840955 Series Phronesis AU Release Date 1995-07-17 NZ Release Date 1995-07-17 UK Release Date 1995-07-17 Pages 196 Publisher Verso Books Publication Date 1995-07-17 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:13180211;

Price: 59.64 AUD

Location: Melbourne

End Time: 2025-01-09T03:13:23.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 AUD