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The Foucault Reader

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • ISBN: 9780241435144

  • Length: 400  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 22mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 292g

  • RRP: £12.99

The Foucault Reader

'The most innovative and influential French thinker of the contemporary era' Guardian

This is the ideal introduction to one of the most significant and radical philosophers of the past century. It includes detailed excerpts from all of Foucault's major works, including Discipline and Punish and The History of Sexuality, as well as many of his most revealing interviews, covering subjects from madness to desire, art to the nature of truth. No other writer has made us think more about the structures of power and control in our society, both past and present.

'Scarcely any philosopher working on the history of philosophy or historian working on the history of institutions, social science or sexuality can avoid confronting the challenge of Foucault's books' Michael Ignatieff

Edited by Paul Rabinow

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • ISBN: 9780241435144

  • Length: 400  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 22mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 292g

  • RRP: £12.99

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About the Author

Michel Foucault

Michel Foucalt (1926-84) was one of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century and the most prominent thinker in post-war France. Foucault's work influenced disciplines as diverse as history, sociology, philosophy, sociology and literary criticism.

Michel Foucault

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