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Description for Michel Foucault
Paperback. Throughout most of his career, Michel Foucault consistently refused to say much about himself and was reluctant to be defined in either professional or personal terms. His stance was 'Do not ask who I am, and do not ask me to remain the same'. This title argues that these contradictory views make it possible to relate Foucault's work to his life. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
Throughout most of his career, Michel Foucault consistently refused to say much about himself and was reluctant to be defined in either professional or personal terms. His stance was Do not ask who I am, and do not ask me to remain the same'. In the last years of his life, he changed his stance, gave many interviews and began to speak of an aesthetics of existence' in which the life' and the works' merged into one. In this new biography and critical work, David Macey argues that these contradictory views make it possible to relate Foucault's work to his ... Read more
Throughout most of his career, Michel Foucault consistently refused to say much about himself and was reluctant to be defined in either professional or personal terms. His stance was Do not ask who I am, and do not ask me to remain the same'. In the last years of his life, he changed his stance, gave many interviews and began to speak of an aesthetics of existence' in which the life' and the works' merged into one. In this new biography and critical work, David Macey argues that these contradictory views make it possible to relate Foucault's work to his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Critical Lives
Condition
New
Weight
252g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861892263
SKU
V9781861892263
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About David Macey
David Macey is the author of The Lives of Michel Foucault (1993) and Frantz Fanon: A Biography (2000).
Reviews for Michel Foucault
David Macey's Michel Foucault provides an interesting and enjoyable introduction to the life of the French philosopher ... very suitable reading for those curious about the context in which Foucault's work emerged, while the rich collection of photographs puts a face on one of the most popular names in today's social sciences. Macey's work succeeds in constructing a very complex, ... Read more