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Michel Foucault
Paul-Michel Foucault (15 October 1926 ? 25 June 1984) was a French philosopher, historian of ideas, writer, political activist, and literary critic. Foucault's theories primarily address the relationship between power and knowledge, and how they are used as a form of social control through societal institutions. Though often cited as a structuralist and postmodernist, Foucault rejected these labels. His thought has influenced academics, especially those working in communication studies, anthropology, psychology, sociology, criminology, cultural studies, literary theory, feminism, Marxism and critical theory. Born in Poitiers, France, into an upper-middle-class family, Foucault was educated at the Lyc?e Henri-IV, at the ?cole Normale Sup?rieure, where he developed an interest in philosophy and came under the influence of his tutors Jean Hyppolite and Louis Althusser, and at the University of Paris (Sorbonne), where he earned degrees in philosophy and psychology. After several years as a cultural diplomat abroad, he returned to France and published his first major book, The History of Madness (1961). After obtaining work between 1960 and 1966 at the University of Clermont-Ferrand, he produced The Birth of the Clinic (1963) and The Order of Things (1966), publications that displayed his increasing involvement with structuralism, from which he later distanced himself. These first three histories exemplified a historiographical technique Foucault was developing called "archaeology." From 1966 to 1968, Foucault lectured at the University of Tunis before returning to France, where he became head of the philosophy department at the new experimental university of Paris VIII. Foucault subsequently published The Archaeology of Knowledge (1969). In 1970, Foucault was admitted to the Coll?ge de France, a membership he retained until his death. He also became active in several left-wing groups involved in campaigns against racism and human rights abuses and for penal reform. Foucault later published Discipline and Punish (1975) and The History of Sexuality (1976), in which he developed archaeological and genealogical methods which emphasized the role that power plays in society. Foucault died in Paris from complications of HIV/AIDS; he became the first public figure in France to die from complications of the disease. His partner Daniel Defert founded the AIDES charity in his memory.
Books Published: 28 Books
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The Birth Of The Clinic
Michel Foucault
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The History Of Sexuality Volume 4 : Confessions Of The Flesh (Penguin Classics)
Michel Foucault
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Aesthetics, Method, And Epistemology: Essential Works Of Foucault 1954-1984
Michel Foucault
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Ethics : Essential Works 1954-1984 (Penguin Modern Classics)
Michel Foucault
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Power : The Essential Works Of Michel Foucault 1954-1984 (Penguin Modern Classics)
Michel Foucault
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Discipline And Punish : The Birth Of The Prison (Penguin Modern Classics)
Michel Foucault
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The History Of Sexuality Volume 1 The Will to Knowledge (Penguin Modern Classics)
Michel Foucault
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Society Must Be Defended (Penguin Modern Classics)
Michel Foucault
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The Foucault Reader (Penguin Modern Classics)
Michel Foucault
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The History Of Sexuality Volume 3 : The Care Of The Self (Penguin Modern Classics)
Michel Foucault
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The History Of Sexuality Volume 2 : The Use Of Pleasure (Penguin Modern Classics)
Michel Foucault
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The History Of Sexuality : An Introduction
Michel Foucault
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The Foucault Reader
Michel Foucault
Rs. 799
Rs. 559
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Power Knowledge : Selected Interviews And Other Writings, 1972-1977
Michel Foucault
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Rs. 629
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Society Must Be Defended
Michel Foucault
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Politics, Philosophy, Culture: Interviews And Other Writings 1977-1984
Michel Foucault
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The Archaeology Of Knowledge
Michel Foucault
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Discipline & Punish The Brith Of The Prison
Michel Foucault
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Rs. 559
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The Order Of Things : An Archaeology Of The Human Science
Michel Foucault
Rs. 799
Rs. 559
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Madness And Civilization : A History Of Insanity In The Age Of Reason
Michel Foucault
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