LEADER 03672nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910974517403321 005 20251117115944.0 010 $a1-280-18241-5 010 $a9786610182411 010 $a1-134-85551-6 010 $a0-203-00514-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000003055 035 $a(EBL)179778 035 $a(OCoLC)437082330 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000279595 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11234788 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279595 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10268062 035 $a(PQKB)11083865 035 $aebr10017118 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC179778 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL179778 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10070742 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL18241 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000003055 100 $a20050808e20021995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFoucault & the political /$fJon Simons 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (161 p.) 225 1 $aThinking the political 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a1-138-15094-0 311 08$a0-415-10066-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 136-148) and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Foucault & the Political; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; The refusal of what we are; Unbearable lightness and heaviness; Difficulties of Foucault's work; Author and oeuvre; Biographical sketch; 2 Foucault's Critical Ethos; Foucault and Kant; Foucault and Nietzsche; 3 The Analysis of Limits; Analysis of the limits of discourse; Analysis of the mutual limits of power and knowledge; Limits of subjects; Governmentality; 4 The Limits of Humanism; The costs of truth; Myth of humanization; Prophet of entrapment?; 5 Foucault's Regicide of Political Philosophy 327 $aPolitical philosophy as critiquePolitical theories as governmental rationalities; The limits of Foucault's critics; 6 Transgression and Aesthetics; Transgressive art; Aesthetic relation to oneself; Foucault's aesthetics; Aesthetic autonomy; 7 Theoretical Transgression of Limits; Power and resistance; Ethic of permanentresistance; Truth and thought at the limit; 8 Practical Transgression of Limits; Transgressive practices; Practices of the self and politics; 9 Foucault in Contemporary Political Theory; Feminism; Foucault and Habermas; Radical liberal democracy; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography 327 $aIndex 330 $aMichel Foucault's involvement with politics, both as an individual and a writer, has been much commented upon but until now has not been systematically reviewed. This is the first major introductory study of Michel Foucault as a political thinker.Jonathon Simons explores the importance of the political in all areas of Foucault's work and life, including important material only recently made available and the implications of various revelations about his private life. Simons relates Foucault's work both to contemporary political thinkers such as Michael Walzer, Charles Taylor and Jurgen Hab 410 0$aThinking the political. 517 1 $aFoucault and the political 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy 606 $aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy. 676 $a320/.092 700 $aSimons$b Jon$f1961-$0143841 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974517403321 996 $aFoucault & the Political$9506338 997 $aUNINA