{"product_id":"the-foucault-reader-an-introduction-to-foucaults-thought","title":"The Foucault Reader: An Introduction to Foucault's Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003eSecond Hand\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent Condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichel Foucault was one of the most influential thinkers in the contemporary world, someone whose work has affected the teaching of half a dozen disciplines ranging from literary criticism to the history of criminology. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut of his many books, not one offers a satisfactory introduction to the entire complex body of his work. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Foucault Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e was commissioned precisely to serve that purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e contains selections from each area of Foucault's work as well as a wealth of previously unpublished writings, including important material written especially for this volume, the preface to the long-awaited second volume of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe History of Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, and interviews with Foucault himself, in the course of which he discussed his philosophy at first hand and with unprecedented candor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis philosophy comprises an astonishing intellectual enterprise: a minute and ongoing investigation of the nature of power in society. Foucault's analyses of this power as it manifests itself in society, schools, hospitals, factories, homes, families, and other forms of organized society are brought together in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Foucault Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e to create an overview of this theme and of the broad social and political vision that underlies it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michel Foucault, Paul Rabinow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43069706010793,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/rabinow.jpg?v=1684646970","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-foucault-reader-an-introduction-to-foucaults-thought","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}