The Foucault Reader: An Introduction to Foucault s Thought (Penguin social sciences)
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Start Reading Foucault - Foucault is much talked about, few people seem to read his own work. This may be so, because Foucault has the reputation of being difficult to grasp. This book, however, consists of carefully selected extracts and interviews. This makes Foucault more approachable. If you have always wanted to read Foucault, but did not dare to, this is a good start.
summation of the complexities of Foucault philosophy - Being a reader, this is even a bit more difficult to understand than average Foucault books. However, it boils his philosphies down to one major point: truths are relative and because of this, establishing truths are excercises in power. Foucault makes a good argument and stands to be exactly right if indeed there are no absolutes.
Nice Overview - If you re wondering about Foucault, this is a great book to pick up. Not all of the concepts make sense immediately, as it is a reader and Foucault is complicated, but it s still worth a look. Pick out some favorite chapters and then read further.
Good introduction to Foucault - makes you want to read more - This book offers a good overview of Foucaults writings, making the reader (at least me) wanting to dig deeper into several of the subjects Foucault addressed. A shortcoming is that, considering the wealth of Foucault s ouevre, some of the chapters are too condensed to be used as more than an intellectual appetizer. I assume that for the reader who is not familiar with Foucault at all, some other book like Foucault for Beginners might be more useful for getting an overview. Starting from there one might want to read more anyway.
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