The Cambridge Companion to Foucault (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

For Michel Foucault, philosophy was a way of questioning the allegedly necessary truths that underpin the practices and institutions of modern society. He carried this out in a series of deeply original and strikingly controversial studies on the origins of modern medical and social scientific disciplines. These studies have raised fundamental questions about the nature of human knowledge and its relation to power structures, and have become major topics of discussion throughout the humanities and social sciences. The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive overview of Foucault's major themes and texts, from his early work on madness through his history of sexuality. Special attention is also paid to thinkers and movements, from Kant through current feminist theory, that are particularly important for understanding his work and its impact. This revised edition contains five new essays and revisions of many others, and the extensive bibliography has been updated. The Essays In This Volume Provide A Systematic And Comprehensive Overview Of Foucault's Major Themes And Texts, From His Early Work On Madness Through His History Of Sexuality. Special Attention Is Also Paid To Thinkers And Movements, From Kant Through Current Feminist Theory, That Are Particularly Important For Understanding His Work And Its Impact. This Revised Edition Contains Five New Essays And Revisions Of Many Others. The Extensive Bibliography Of Primary And Secondary Sources Has Been Updated.--jacket. Foucault's Mapping Of History / Thomas Flynn -- Foucault And The History Of Madness / Gary Gutting -- The Death Of Man, Or, Exhaustion Of The Cogito? / Translated By Catherine Porter ; Georges Canguilhem -- Power/knowledge / Joseph Rouse -- Ethics As Ascetics : Foucault, The History Of Ethics, And Ancient Thought / Arnold Davidson -- Michel Foucault's Ethical Imagination / James Bernauer And Michael Mahon -- The Analytic Of Finitude And The History Of Subjectivity / Beatrice Han-pile -- Foucault's Encounter With Heidegger And Nietzsche / Hans Sluga -- Foucault And Habermas / David Ingram -- Foucault's Relation To Phenomenology / Todd May -- Against Interiority : Foucault's Struggle With Psychoanalysis -- Joel Whitebook -- Foucault's Modernism / Gerald Bruns -- Queering Foucault And The Subject Of Feminism / Jana Sawicki. Edited By Gary Gutting. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 401-454) And Index. Series Copyright Contents Contributors Preface to the Second Edition Biographical Chronology Introduction: Michel Foucault: A User’s Manual - Gary Gutting 1 Foucault’s Mapping of History - Thomas Flynn 2 Foucault and the Historyof Madness - Gary Gutting 3 The Death of Man, or Exhaustion of the Cogito? - Georges Canguilhem, Catherine Porter (trans.) 4 Power/Knowledge - Joseph Rouse 5 Ethics as Ascetics: Foucault,the History of Ethics, and Ancient Thought - Arnold I. Davidson 6 Michel Foucault’s Ethical Imagination - James W. Bernauer, Michael Mahon 7 The Analytic of Finitude and the History of Subjectivity - Béatrice Han, Edward Pile 8 Foucault’s Encounter with Heidegger and Nietzsche - Hans Sluga 9 Foucault and Habermas - David Ingram 10 Foucault’s Relation to Phenomenology - Todd May 11 Against Interiority: Foucault’s Struggle with Psychoanalysis - Joel Whitebook 12 Foucault’s Modernism - Gerald L. Bruns 13 Queering Foucault and the Subject of Feminism - Jana Sawicki Bibliography Addendum to Bibliography, 1993–2005 Index Foucault's mapping of history / Thomas Flynn Foucault and the history of madness / Gary Gutting The death of man, or, Exhaustion of the cogito? / translated by Catherine Porter ; Georges Canguilhem Power? Knowledge / Joseph Rouse Ethics as ascetics : Foucault, the history of ethics, and ancient thought / Arnold Davidson Michel Foucault's ethical imagination / James Bernauer and Michael Mahon The analytic of finitude and the history of subjectivity / Beatrice Han-Pile Foucault's encounter with Heidegger and Nietzsche / Hans Sluga Foucault and Habermas / David Ingram Foucault's relation to phenomenology / Todd May Against interiority : Foucault's struggle with psychoanalysis Joel Whitebook Foucault's modernism / Gerald Bruns Queering Foucault and the subject of feminism / Jana Sawicki. For Foucault, philosophy was a way of questioning the allegedly necessary truths that underpin the practices and institutions of modern society. The essays collected here provide a comprehensive overview of Foucault's major themes and texts, from his work on madness through to his history of sexuality