| Description |
xvi, 351 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Part I. Michel Foucault in the history of Western philosophy. 1. Archaeology and epistemology / Roberto Machado --- 2. Notes on phenomenology in "Words and Things"/ Gerard Lebrun --- 3. Foucault and Marx -- the question of nominalism / Etienne Balibar --- 4. Michel Foucault and psychoanalysis / Jacques-Alain Miller --- 5. Within philosophy or without? / Francois Wahl --- 6. On the ordering of things -- being and power in Heidegger and Foucault / Hubert L. Dreyfus ---- Part II. Style and discourse. 1. On Foucault's concept of discourse / Manfred Frank --- 2. On Michel Foucault's philosophical style -- towards a critique of the normal way / Miguel Morey --- 3. The word of God -- "I am dead" / Denis Hollier --- 4. Oneirocriticisms / Walter Seitter --- 5. Towards fiction / Raymond Bellour ---- Part III. Power and government. 1. What is a "dispositif"? / Gilles Deleuze --- 2. A power without an exterior / Francois Ewald --- 3. Towards a natural history of norms / Pierre Macherey --- 4. Michel Foucault and the police state / Blandine Barret-Kriegel --- 5. On Foucault's uses of the notion "bio-power"/ Michael Donnelly --- 6. Foucault and the liberal view of the free individual / Allessandro Pizzorno ---- Part IV. Ethics and the subject. 1. Foucault -- the ethic and the work / John Rajchman --- 2. Reflections on the notion of "the cultivation of the self"/Pierre Hadot --- 3. The constitution of the subject and spiritual practice / Christian Jambet --- 4. The aesthetic of existence -- post-conventional morality and the theory of power in Michel Foucault / Rainer Rochlitz --- 5. Beyond life and death -- on Foucault's post-Auschwitz ethic / James W. Bernauer ---- Part V. Rationalities and histories. 1. Rationality, force and power -- Foucault and Habermas' criticisms / Dominique Janicaud --- 2. Foucault, the present and history / Mark Poster --- 3. Foucault, morality and criticism / Christian Bouchindhomme --- 4. Moral identity and private autonomy / Richard Rorty --- 5. Michel Foucault's nihilism / Andre Gluckmann --- 6. Foucault and going beyond (or the fulfilment of) nihilism / Paul Veyne |
| Summary |
This collection of essays on the philosophy of Foucault assesses his various work from a variety of perspectives: his place in the history of philosophy; his style and method of philosophical expression; his notions of political power; his ethical thought; and his attitude to psychoanalysis |
| Analysis |
France |
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Philosophy |
| Notes |
Translation of: Michel Foucault, philosophe |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 350-351 |
| Notes |
Translation of: Michel Foucault, philosophe |
| Subject |
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 -- Congresses.
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Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
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Philosophy, French -- 20th century.
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Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Philosophy -- history.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Armstrong, Timothy J.
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| LC no. |
50000884 |
| ISBN |
0745008844 |
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0745008852 (paperback) |
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