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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786182203321

Autore

Smart Barry

Titolo

Foucault, Marxism and critique / / Barry Smart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-17459-8

1-283-96494-5

0-203-09279-1

1-135-17460-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions.Michel Foucault ; ; v. 4

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Philosophy, Marxist

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1983.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; FOUCAULT, MARXISM AND CRITIQUE; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 On the limits and limitations of Marxism; 2 Marxism, theory and politics; 3 Reaction, revision and criticism; 4 Genealogy, critique and the analysis of power; 5 Discipline and social regulation; 6 Critical analyses of rationality; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this work, originally released in 1983, Barry Smart examines the relevance of Foucault's work for developing an understanding of those issues which lie beyond the limits of Marxist theory and analysis - issues such as 'individualising' forms of power, power-knowledge relations, the rise of 'the social', and the associated socialisation of politics. He argues that there exist clear and substantial differences between Foucault's genealogical analysis and that of Marxist theory. Smart thus presents Foucault's work as a new form of critical theory, whose object is a critical analysis of rationa