The Political Philosophy of Michel Foucault

by Mark G.E. Kelly

This book is the first to systematically reconstruct Michel Foucault’s political and philosophical thought across his career. It argues, in the areas of epistemology, power, subjectivity, resistance, politics, and ethics, that Foucault’s work represents the articulation of a consistent and progressive philosophical and political viewpoint. The work is thus an important intervention into the field of Foucault studies, where many continue to claim that Foucault’s work is contradictory, nonsensical, or nihilistic.

Genres: Philosophy

186 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Gabriel · Rating 2 out of 5]

not very clear and difficult to read. If you are looking for an introduction I would start with Key Ideas or the Key Thinkers series by routledge or bloomsbury.

[Minäpäminä · Rating 4 out of 5]

A successful and in-depth attempt at mining Foucault's terrible prose for coherent political and philosophical positions. Foucault comes out as a nietzschean marxist and an anarchist of sorts.