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Foucault and the Critique of Institutions

Foucault and the Critique of Institutions( )
Editor: Caputo, John D.
Yount, Mark
Series title:Studies of the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium Ser.
ISBN:978-0-271-00881-3
Publication Date:Jun 1993
Publisher:Pennsylvania State University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $69.95
Book Description:

The issue of the institution is not addressed systematically anywhere in the literature on Foucault, although it is everywhere to be found in Foucault's writings. Foucault and the Critique of Institutions not only interprets the work of Foucault but also applies it to the question of the institution. Foucault is a master at analyzing the web of social relations ("power") that effectively shape ("normalize") the modern individual. While these social relations are smaller and...
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Book Details
Pages:280
Detailed Subjects: Philosophy / Movements / Structuralism
Social Science / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.91 Inches
Book Weight:1.38 Pounds
Author Biography
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Academician John D. Caputo (b.1940) specializes in continental philosophy, described as the interaction among 20th century French and German philosophy and religion. He has written a number of scholarly books including The Mystical Element in Heidegger's Thought (1978), Heidegger and Aquinas (1982), Demythologizing Heidegger (1993), Against Ethics (1993), and The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida (1997). Caputo has been honored in Dublin and Toronto, where conferences have been organized around his work.

Caputo is professor of philosophy at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, where he received his M.A. in 1964. Other degrees include a B.A. from LaSalle College (1962) and a Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr (1968).

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