Foucault & the political:
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Main Author: Simons, Jon (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Routledge c1995
Series:Thinking the political
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Item Description:Paralleltitel: Foucault and the political
Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-148) and index
Foucault's critical ethos -- The analysis of limits -- The limits of humanism -- Foucault's regicide of political philosophy -- Transgression and aesthetics -- Theoretical transgression of limits -- Practical transgression of limits -- Foucault in contemporary political theory
Foucault and the Political explores the ramifications for political theory of the whole range of Foucault's writing, including materials only recently made available. Jon Simons argues that Foucault's work is animated by a tension between his presentation of modern life as "unbearably heavy" and his temptation to escape its limitations by aiming for "unbearable lightness." Through expositions of Foucault's ideas on power/knowledge, subjectification, governmentality, political rationality and the aesthetics of existence, Simons demonstrates how Foucault resists both extremes. Foucault's thought entails an ethic of permanent resistance, best embodied in radical democracy. Simons relates Foucault's work both to contemporary political thinkers, such as Michael Walzer, Charles Taylor and Jurgen Habermas, as well as to scholars challenging conventional political categories, especially feminist and gay theorists such as Judith Butler.--From publisher's description
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 152 p.)
ISBN:0203005147
1134855516
9780203005149
9781134855513

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