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Michel Foucault has become famous for a series of books that have permanently altered our understanding of many institutions of Western society. He analyzed mental institutions in the remarkable Madness and Civilization; hospitals in The Birth of the Clinic; prisons in Discipline and Punish; and schools and families in The History of Sexuality. But the general reader as well as the specialist is apt to miss the consistent purposes that lay behind these difficult individual studies, thus losing sight of the broad social vision and political aims that unified them.

Now, in this superb set of essays and interviews, Foucault has provided a much-needed guide to Foucault. These pieces, ranging over the entire spectrum of his concerns, enabled Foucault, in his most intimate and accessible voice, to interpret the conclusions of his research in each area and to demonstrate the contribution of each to the magnificent -- and terrifying -- portrait of society that he was patiently compiling.

For, as Foucault shows, what he was always describing was the nature of power in society; not the conventional treatment of power that concentrates on powerful individuals and repressive institutions, but the much more pervasive and insidious mechanisms by which power "reaches into the very grain of individuals, touches their bodies and inserts itself into their actions and attitudes, their discourses, learning processes and everyday lives"

Foucault's investigations of prisons, schools, barracks, hospitals, factories, cities, lodgings, families, and other organized forms of social life are each a segment of one of the most astonishing intellectual enterprises of all time -- and, as this book proves, one which possesses profound implications for understanding the social control of our bodies and our minds.

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ult has become famous for a series of books that have permanently altered our understanding of many institutions of Western society. He analyzed mental institutions in the remarkable Madness and Civilization; hospitals in The Birth of the Clinic; prisons in Discipline and Punish; and schools and families in The History of Sexuality. But the general reader as well as the specialist is apt to miss the consistent purposes that lay behind these difficult individual studies, thus losing sight of the broad social vision and political aims that unified them.

Now, in this superb set of essays and interviews, Foucault has provided a much-needed guide to Foucault. These pieces, ranging over the entire spectrum of his concerns, enabled Foucault, in his most intimate and accessible voice, to interpret the conclusions of his research in each area and to demonstrate the contribution of each to the magnificent -- and terrifying -- portrait of society that he was patiently compiling.

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Michel Foucault has become famous for a series of books that have permanently altered our understanding of many institutions of Western society. He analyzed mental institutions in the remarkable Madness and Civilization; hospitals in The Birth of the Clinic; prisons in Discipline and Punish; and schools and families in The History of Sexuality. But the general reader as well as the specialist is apt to miss the consistent purposes that lay behind these difficult individual studies, thus losing sight of the broad social vision and political aims that unified them.
Now, in this superb set of essays and interviews, Foucault has provided a much-needed guide to Foucault. These pieces, ranging over the entire spectrum of his concerns, enabled Foucault, in his most intimate and accessible voice, to interpret the conclusions of his research in each area and to demonstrate the contribution of each to the magnificent -- and terrifying -- portrait of society that he was patiently compiling.
For, as Foucault shows, what he was always describing was the nature of power in society; not the conventional treatment of power that concentrates on powerful individuals and repressive institutions, but the much more pervasive and insidious mechanisms by which power "reaches into the very grain of individuals, touches their bodies and inserts itself into their actions and attitudes, their discourses, learning processes and everyday lives"
Foucault's investigations of prisons, schools, barracks, hospitals, factories, cities, lodgings, families, and other organized forms of social life are each a segment of one of the most astonishing intellectual enterprises of all time -- and, as this book proves, one which possesses profound implications for understanding the social control of our bodies and our minds.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage; First Edition (November 12, 1980)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 039473954X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0394739540
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.22 x 0.69 x 7.97 inches

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One of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century and the most prominent thinker in post-war France, Foucault's work influenced disciplines as diverse as history, sociology, philosophy, sociology and literary criticism.

Michel Foucault (1926–1984) was a French historian and philosopher associated with the structuralist and poststructuralist movements. He is often considered the most influential social theorist of the second half of the twentieth century, not only in philosophy but in a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Among his most notable books are Madness and Civilization, Discipline and Punish, and The History of Sexuality.

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Some Gems, but Generally Overrated

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Didn't understand half the stuff he's talking about - and multiple times Foucault concedes the same, saying he never really expects people to understand what he's saying, that his work is fragmentary in nature, and that he hasn't made himself clear. He's right on all three counts. I took notes over the whole book and what makes some bit of sense accumulated to about two pages. The rest is so contextualized that I'd have to have multiple degrees in French and Chinese history just to follow it.

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Excellent Summary of Power/Knowledge

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Finally, I found one book that sums up Foucault's philosophy, particularly his concept of "power/knowledge", in his own words. You can read a variety of his works to look for the common threads that form his overarching philosophy, or you can read a second-rate interpretation of his philosophy from others. OR, you can read this book.

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Pallas89

Coward, but a good intellectual slog.

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He's a wordy twat. Power is simple. The richer, the more insane and sociopathic. Guillotines for the richest. No more private money, not a speck in POLITICS...Make billionaires fight the ugly parts of everything they blood from you and you've won. He never ever goes there. He's a coward.

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but new and good condition

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Christina Stoker

Text for Master's Degree level philosophy course

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This is a wonderful selection of writings from Michel Foucault. Very accessible to both the university student and the average reader; either will find his ideas understandable. Good selection of interviews mixed in with other specific writings. A great companion to other Foucault works.

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you won't know Foucault from reading this book

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If you are a Foucault follower, I doubt you'll find anything of worth in this book. If you don't know Foucault, you are better off reading some of his original works. These are available in endless amounts. His is considered a "postmodern" great. Correspondingly, his language is using that sort of lingo, basically meaning unless you have philosophy, literature etc.,background , you won't understand what he's saying.

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Foucault Continues His Nietzschean Reflections

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This volume of interviews and essays contains some of Foucault’s last thoughts on the meaning of his genealogies and discourses. Like his intellectual predecessor Nietzsche he turns in the end to reflections on power, though his conclusions couldn’t be more different.

Foucault repeatedly states that he long held a juridical notion of power: it is the power to coerce manifested from on high. But in these final reflections he turns to a much more diffuse notion; power is omnipresent through human relations. It is exercised not only, or even primarily, by the state but by various parties on other parties, various individuals on other individuals.

He then sees knowledge, and a fortiori discourses, as springing into being as a technique of establishing power. He gives examples such as management science arising out of the needs of the factory or military science as resulting from mass conscription.

His most powerful metaphor, however, is the panopticon: that curious invention where the jailer can see into every cell and the prisoners are under perpetual surveillance. This is how he sees the state exercising power: it doesn’t constrain as much as make use of classes and individuals to exert their power to achieve its aims.

I can’t help but feel that, had Foucault not passed away so untimely, his thoughts on power and knowledge would have continued to evolve. These reflections on his work take place within several years of his tragic passing.

Yet, for those who have read the genealogies, it’s an essential work. I wouldn’t recommend it as a starting place for Foucault; it really only makes sense if you have the basis of the genealogies to know what he is reflecting on. But I couldn’t put it down, which is rare for what is after all a philosophy of previous philosophies. For those with some experience of Foucault, I highly recommend it.

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great book but needs faster delivery.

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