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When I decided to explore the question of Witz, or wit, with you this year, I undertook a small enquiry. It will come as no surprise at all that I ...

When I decided to explore the question of Witz, or wit, with you this year, I undertook a small enquiry. It will come as no surprise at all that I ...

This is the third of five volumes based on the lectures given by Pierre Bourdieu at the Collége de France in the early 1980s under the title Genera...

This is the third of five volumes based on the lectures given by Pierre Bourdieu at the Collége de France in the early 1980s under the title Genera...

Political power is often viewed as the sole embodiment of 'social power', even while we recognize that social power manifests itself in different f...

Political power is often viewed as the sole embodiment of 'social power', even while we recognize that social power manifests itself in different f...

Imagery and figuration are not just figments of an artist’s imagination. Perception and imagination are always shaped by what habit has taught us ...

Allegations of Russian conspiracies meddling in the affairs of Western countries have been a persistent feature of Western politics since the Cold ...

Allegations of Russian conspiracies meddling in the affairs of Western countries have been a persistent feature of Western politics since the Cold ...

Michel Foucault and Paul Veyne: the philosopher and the historian. Two major figures in the world of ideas, resisting all attempts at categorizatio...

Michel Foucault's The Archaeology of Knowledge was published in March 1969; Discipline and Punish in February 1975. Although only six years apart, ...

Michel Foucault's The Archaeology of Knowledge was published in March 1969; Discipline and Punish in February 1975. Although only six years apart, ...

This work provides an introduction to the work of Michel Foucault. It offers an assessment of all of Foucault's work, including his final writing...

Michel Foucault and Paul Veyne: the philosopher and the historian. Two major figures in the world of ideas, resisting all attempts at categorizatio...

This book offers a systematic attempt to explore the point of convergance between feminist theory and the work of Michel Foucault. Introduction. 1...

Michel Foucault's death in 1984 coincided with the fading away of the hopes for social transformation that characterized the postwar period. In the...

Michel Foucault's death in 1984 coincided with the fading away of the hopes for social transformation that characterized the postwar period. In the...

Michel Foucault is recognized as one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers, however the authors in this volume contend that more use...

Michel Foucault is recognized as one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers, however the authors in this volume contend that more use...

On 26 August 1974, Michel Foucault completed work on Discipline and Punish, and on that very same day began writing the first volume of The History...

On 26 August 1974, Michel Foucault completed work on Discipline and Punish, and on that very same day began writing the first volume of The History...

The gap between rich and poor, included and excluded, advantaged and disadvantaged is steadily growing as inequality becomes one of the most pressi...

The gap between rich and poor, included and excluded, advantaged and disadvantaged is steadily growing as inequality becomes one of the most pressi...

The lives of ordinary Parisians in the eighteenth-century are the topic of this vivid and important study. Through the experiences of men, women a...