Freedom and the subject were guiding themes for Michel Foucault throughout his philosophical career. In this clear and comprehensive analysis of his thought, Johanna Oksala identifies the different interpretations of freedom in his philosophy and examines three major divisions of it: the archaeological, the genealogical, and the ethical. She shows convincingly that in order to appreciate Foucault's project fully we must understand his complex relationship to phenomenology, and she discusses Foucault's treatment of the body in relation to recent feminist work on this topic. Her sophisticated but lucid book illuminates the possibilities that Foucault's philosophy opens up for us in thinking about freedom.
| ISBN: | 9780521847797 |
| Publication date: | 16th June 2005 |
| Author: | Johanna Oksala |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 223 pages |
| Series: | Modern European Philosophy |
| Genres: |
History of ideas Philosophical traditions and schools of thought Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Ethics and moral philosophy |