Michel Foucault: Key Concepts

Michel Foucault was one of the twentieth centurys most influential and provocative thinkers. His work on freedom, subjectivity, and power is now central to thinking across an extraordinarily wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, history, education, psychology, politics, anthropology, sociology, and criminology. "Michel Foucault: Key Concepts" explores Foucaults central ideas, such as disciplinary power, biopower, bodies, spirituality, and practices of the self. Each essay focuses on a specific concept, analyzing its meaning and uses across Foucaults work, highlighting its connection to other concepts, and emphasizing its potential applications. Together, the chapters provide the main co-ordinates to map Foucaults work. But more than a guide to the work, "Michel Foucault: Key Concepts" introduces readers to Foucaults thinking, equipping them with a set of tools that can facilitate and enhance further study.