Currently in its fourth printing, Foucault Live is the most accessible and exhaustive introduction to Foucault's thought to date. Composed of every extant interview made by Foucault from the mid-60s until his death in 1984, Foucault Live sheds new light on the philosopher's ideas about friendship, the intent behind his classical studies, while clarifying many of the professional and popular misinterpretations of his ideas over the course of his career. As Gilles Deleuze noted, "the interviews in this book go much further than anything Foucault ever wrote, and they are indispensable in understanding his life work." Most notably, Foucault Live includes interviews he made with the gay underground press during his stays in America during the 1970s. In them, Foucault suggests that homosexuality presents a new paradigm for ways of living beyond the predictable, binary couple. All of the philosopher's interests, from madness and delinquency to film and sexuality, and their resultant writings, are probed by knowledgeable critics and journalists. After reading this book, the reader can explore key notions such as episteme, savoir and connaissance, archeology, and archive, without the knitted brow that plagued Foucault's public when he was alive. This is the guide to Foucault's life as an agent provocateur in the world of philosophy and scholarship.
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Foucault turned the interview into an art form. Though it he extended many of his ideas, challenged different audiences and built a bridge between his different works. For those that really want to broaden their appreciation of Foucault's work and see thought in operation it is a must.
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if you're bothering to check out this book, let alone read my review of it, you've doubtless come in contact with foucault before, somewhere or other. this was true of me, when i first had the book thrust upon me, as part of a seminar course i was taking. i had read discipline and punish, and history of sexuality at the time, and little else by foucault. i had found both of those books to be dificult, but worth the effort. not so with foucault live, unfortunately. the book focuses primarily on foucault's preoccupation with himself, his brilliance, and his status as non-figurehead of any movement. much of the interviews here deal with the man, either in conjuction with his work, or seperate from it. i found the man a lot less interesting than his work. to be sure, there are articles here that shed light on his thoughts pertaining to the construction of sexuality, and the nature of modern society, and the treatment of our undesirables, as would be expected, and it was a great source for quotes to use when addressing passages from his other work; overall, however, it offered very little in the way of original thought. he's said everything here elsewhere, and, more often than not, better. as i said, it's a fine place to fine quotable lines, if you've got a paper to write, and an idea what you want to say, but it doesn't shine much light on his philosophy. but i could be wrong.
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