Michel Foucault: The Freedom of Philosophy

by John Rajchman

In a clear, considered, carefully constructed manner, this book - which has been translated into eight languages - advances a new and authoritative interpretation of the philosophy of Foucault.

131 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Luke · Rating 5 out of 5]

As straight forward as Focault's more accepted work is, he is hard to pin down. What do you call him? Don't you dare call him postmodernist unless you're prepared to remember Baudrillard. Lots of controversy over the term structuralist. You could call Foucault either structuralist or post-structuralist depending on how badly you want to get yelled at. Then he helps Delueze and Guattarri fight off the mental health bad guys. He's the get out of prison guy if you're feeling lucky. He's the biopolitics guys if you like your biology with your laws. He's free to challenge Sartre as the French philosopher of privilege. But if all this makes you skeptical, you have Rajchman to clear things up.

[Damian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was left with hoping for a lot more insight.