Foucault and Classical Antiquity

Foucault and Classical Antiquity
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 293
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ISBN-10 : 9781139442442
ISBN-13 : 1139442449
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Book Synopsis Foucault and Classical Antiquity by : Wolfgang Detel

Download or read book Foucault and Classical Antiquity written by Wolfgang Detel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-06 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2005 book is a critical examination of Michel Foucault's relation to ancient Greek thought, in particular his famous analysis of Greek history of sexuality. Wolfgang Detel offers an understanding of Foucault's theories of power and knowledge based on modern analytical theories of science and concepts of power. He offers a complex reading of the texts which Foucault discusses, covering topics such as Aristotle's ethics and theory of sex, Hippocratic dietetics, the earliest treatises on economics, and Plato's theory of love. The result is a philosophically rich and probing critique of Foucault's later writings, and a persuasive account of the relation between ethics, power and knowledge in classical antiquity. His book will have a wide appeal to readers interested in Foucault and in Greek thought and culture.


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