Power/Knowledge (World Philosophers and Their Works)
At a glance:
- Author: Michel Foucault
- First Published: 1980
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Context
Power/Knowledge is a loosely related collection of writings and interviews that cover a crucial transitional period in Michel Foucault’s development as a thinker and theorist of power—his enduring theme. Three distinct periods can be discerned in his work. The first, which begins in the late 1950’s and continues roughly until the late 1960’s, may be called the “archaeological” period—a term that Foucault himself used to characterize his early methodology. The principal book of this phase is his Les Mots et les choses: Une Archéologie des...
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