Michel Foucault and the Politics of Freedom
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Michel Foucault has long been considered one of the most powerful critics of modern civilization. He is especially noted for his analysis of power which many readers claim is an absolute rejection of modernity as unfree. In contrast, Thomas L Dumm reads Foucault as a philosopher of freedom. Dumm shows how Foucault connects the constitution of space with various practices of freedom. Foucault, he suggests, enables us to see how contemporary liberalism′s separation of public and private spheres aims to preserve freedom but ultimately contains it.
Ranging from Foucault′s earliest work to his final interviews, Dumm brings the work of Foucault′s middle period - from Discipline and Punish to the first volume of The Hist
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0803938659
ISBN13:9780803938656
Release Date:September 1996
Publisher:Sage Publications, Inc
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.6" x 8.4"
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