Foucault's Legacy
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Foucault's Legacy

  1. 180 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Foucault's Legacy

About this book

Foucault's Legacy brings together the work of eight Foucault specialists in an important collection of essays marking the 25th anniversary of Foucault's death. Focusing on the importance of Foucault's most central ideas for present-day philosophy, the book shows how his influence goes beyond his own canonical tradition and linguistic milieu. The essays in this book explore key areas of Foucault's thought by comparing aspects of his work with the thought of a number of major philosophers, including Nietzsche, Heidegger, Rorty, Hegel, Searle, Vattimo and Williams. Crucially the book also considers the applicability of his central ideas to broader issues such as totalitarianism, religion, and self-sacrifice. Presenting a fresh and exciting vision of Foucault as a philosopher of enduring influence, the book shows how important Foucault remains to philosophy today.

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Information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9781441130815
eBook ISBN
9781441164841
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophy History & Theory

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Contributors
  3. Editor’s introduction
  4. 1. The temporality of power
  5. 2. A philosophical shock: Foucault reading Nietzsche, reading Heidegger
  6. 3. Foucault, Hegel, and the death of man
  7. 4. After knowledge and liberty: Foucault and the new pragmatism
  8. 5. Two uses of genealogy: Michel Foucault and Bernard Williams
  9. 6. Weakening ontology through actuality: Foucault and Vattimo
  10. 7. Foucault, Secularization theory, and the theological origins of totalitarianism
  11. 8. Secular self-sacrifice: on Michel Foucault’s courses at the Collège de France
  12. Select bibliography
  13. Index