Foucault and the Political

1. Auflage 1994
ISBN: 978-0-415-10066-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 248 g

Reihe: Thinking the Political

Michel Foucault's involvement with politics, both as an individual and a writer, has been much commented upon but until now has not been systematically reviewed. This is the first major introductory study of Michel Foucault as a political thinker.
Jonathon Simons explores the importance of the political in all areas of Foucault's work and life, including important material only recently made available and the implications of various revelations about his private life. Simons relates Foucault's work both to contemporary political thinkers such as Michael Walzer, Charles Taylor and Jurgen Habermas, and to those challenging conventional political categories, especially people who write on feminist and gay theory, such as Judith Butler.
Students of Foucault and of political and social theory, as well as those working in lesbian and gay theory, and feminist studies, will find this book essential.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simons, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Foultcault's Critical Ethos 3. The Analysis of Limits 4. The Limits of Humanism 5. Foucault's Regicide of Political Philosophy 6. Transgression and Aesthetics 7. Theoretical Transgression of Limits 8. Practical Transgression of Limits 9. Foucault in Contemporary Political Theory Notes Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Jon Simons teaches political philosophy and feminist theory at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.