{"product_id":"how-to-read-foucault-9780393328196","title":"How to Read Foucault","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichel Foucault was a philosopher of extraordinary talent, political activist, social theorist, cultural critic, and creative historian. He irreversibly shaped the way we think today about such controversial issues as power, sexuality, madness, and criminality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Johanna Oksala explores the conceptual tools that Foucault gave us for constructing new forms of thinking as well as for smashing old certainties. She offers a lucid account of him as a thinker whose persistent aim was to challenge the self-evidence and necessity of our current experiences, practices, and institutions by showing their historical development and, therefore, contingency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Extracts are taken from the whole range of Foucault's writings--his books, essays, lectures, and interviews--including the major works \u003cem\u003eHistory of Madness\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Order of Things\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDiscipline and Punish\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe History of Sexuality\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOksala, Johanna:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJohanna Oksala\u003c\/strong\u003e is senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Dundee and a member of the Centre of Excellence in Political Thought and Conceptual Chance at the University of Jyväskylä. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eFoucault on Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCritchley, Simon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSimon Critchley\u003c\/strong\u003e is a best-selling author and the Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. His many books include \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Dead Philosophers, Bowie\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTragedy, the Greeks, and Us\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565821530386,"sku":"9780393328196","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_980d6ffc-6df4-4ae9-848d-85ba1e1e90f7.jpg?v=1731888579","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-read-foucault-9780393328196","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}