Author : Thomas L. Dumm
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780742521391
Michel Foucault and the Politics of Freedom by Thomas L. Dumm Pdf
This edition of a 1995 book (Sage Publications) contains a new introduction by the series editor and a new preface. Readers familiar with Foucault's work will appreciate the difficulty in critically studying its arresting paradoxical nature. Dumm (political science, Amherst College) negotiates the problem by creating a thematic framework--the idea of being "free" in a modern Western capitalist democracy--and examining it through a Foucaultian lens. He focuses on the politics of freedom, negative freedom, the disciplinary society, ethics, seduction, governments, and provides an enlightening companion to Foucault's postmodern philosophy. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR