Ebook: The Philosophy of Foucault

Michel Foucault's historical and philosophical investigations have gone through many phases: the archaeological, the genealogical, and the ethical among them. What remains constant, however, is the question that motivates them: who are we? Todd May follows Foucault's itinerary from his early history of madness to his posthumously published College de France lectures and shows how the question of who we are shifts and changes but remains constantly at or just below the surface of his writings. By approaching Foucault's work in this way, May is able to offer readers an engaging and illuminating.;Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: who are we?; 2 Archaeological histories of who we are; 3 Genealogical histories of who we are; 4 Who we are and who we might be; 5 Coda: Foucault's own straying afield; 6 Are we still who Foucault says we are?; Notes; Further reading; References; Index.