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How to Read Foucault´s Discipline and Punish
Anne Schwan
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Description for How to Read Foucault´s Discipline and Punish
Paperback. An accessible, step-by-step guide to reading Foucault's hugely influential text. Series: How to Read Theory. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish is one of the best-selling works of critical theory and a key text on many undergraduate courses. However, it is a long, difficult text which makes Anne Schwan and Stephen Shapiro's excellent step-by-step reading guide a welcome addition to the How to Read Theory series.
Undergraduates across a wide range of disciplines are expected to have a solid understanding of Foucault's key terms, which have become commonplace in critical thinking today. While there are many texts that survey Foucault's thought, these are often more general overviews or biographical précis that give little ... Read more
Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish is one of the best-selling works of critical theory and a key text on many undergraduate courses. However, it is a long, difficult text which makes Anne Schwan and Stephen Shapiro's excellent step-by-step reading guide a welcome addition to the How to Read Theory series.
Undergraduates across a wide range of disciplines are expected to have a solid understanding of Foucault's key terms, which have become commonplace in critical thinking today. While there are many texts that survey Foucault's thought, these are often more general overviews or biographical précis that give little ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
How to Read Theory
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745329802
SKU
V9780745329802
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About Anne Schwan
Anne Schwan is Associate Professor in English Literature at Edinburgh Napier University. She is a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Young Academy of Scotland and a Fellow of RSA. She is the co-author of How to Read Foucault's Discipline and Punishment (Pluto, 2011). Stephen Shapiro is Professor of American Literature at the University of ... Read more
Reviews for How to Read Foucault´s Discipline and Punish
'A useful and illuminating companion to Foucault's book, and will clarify much that remains puzzling about this proteiform thinker, dispelling misunderstandings and sending the reader on new and more fruitful paths'
Fredric Jameson, William A. Lane Jr. Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University '[A] highly readable guide to one of Foucault's best-known but often misinterpreted works'
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Fredric Jameson, William A. Lane Jr. Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University '[A] highly readable guide to one of Foucault's best-known but often misinterpreted works'
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