{"product_id":"9780745609911","title":"Foucault A Critical Introduction","description":"\u003ch3\u003eKey Contemporary Thinkers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFoucault\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Critical Introduction\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLois McNay\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis work provides an introduction to the work of Michel Foucault. It  offers an assessment of all of Foucault's work, including his final  writings on governmentality and the self. McNay argues that the later  work initiates an important shift in his intellectual concerns which  alters any retrospective reading of his writings as a whole. Throughout,  McNay is concerned to assess the normative and political implications  of Foucault's social criticism. She goes beyond the level of many  commentators to look at the values from which Foucault's work springs  and reveals the implicit assumptions underlying his social critique. The  author also provides an account and assessment of recent literature on  Foucault, including that of Habermas and Taylor. She discusses  Foucault's position in the modernity\/postmodernity debate, his own  ambivalence to Enlightenment thought and his place in recent  developments in feminist and cultural theory.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLois McNay is the author of Foucault: A Critical Introduction, published by Wiley. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27 October 1994\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780745609911\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e208\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380503539852,"sku":"9780745609911","price":23.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780745609911_ed046d3d-f84d-4bba-bfdb-b4cd12cebbf5.jpg?v=1780102441","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780745609911","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}