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Foucault and The Writing of History
Jan Goldstein
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Description for Foucault and The Writing of History
Paperback. This is the first book to assess Foucault's importance for the understanding and writing of history. It ranges across the entire spectrum of Foucault's work - antiquity, genealogies of culture, the self and subject, madness, the state and sexuality. Editor(s): Goldstein, Jan. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
This volume is the first to address Foucault's influence and the potential of his work in the understanding and the writing of history. It does so critically and accessibly.
Scholars from the United States, France and Italy, including historians, sociologists, an anthropogist and a philosopher, range over Foucault's writing - on love and the family in classical antiquity, the constitution of the self, the history of science and sexuality, to the origins of the liberal state. But, true to its subject, this book does not conceive of history divorced from philosophy: it explores how Foucault's understanding of the ... Read more
This volume is the first to address Foucault's influence and the potential of his work in the understanding and the writing of history. It does so critically and accessibly.
Scholars from the United States, France and Italy, including historians, sociologists, an anthropogist and a philosopher, range over Foucault's writing - on love and the family in classical antiquity, the constitution of the self, the history of science and sexuality, to the origins of the liberal state. But, true to its subject, this book does not conceive of history divorced from philosophy: it explores how Foucault's understanding of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631170082
SKU
V9780631170082
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About Jan Goldstein
Jan Goldstein is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Chicago where she is also a member of the committee on the conceptual foundations of science.
Reviews for Foucault and The Writing of History
"This book cuts a set of trails through Foucault and History, and mostly on European terrain; but there are other paths. It offers some new and important perspectives on Foucault's tangled relationship with his historical materials, and is also valuable because it sketches some of the cutting-edge debates and tensions in the discipline of history." Environment and Planning D: ... Read more