“michel foucault”

This book offers an account of the emergence of Christianity from the Ancient World. Here Foucault describes the stranger byways of Greek medicine (with its advice on the healthiest season for sex as well as on exercise and diet), the permitted ways of courting young boys, and the economists' ideas ... More

The third volume of Foucault's history of sexuality. A sociologist and historian of ideas Foucault's other works include 'Madness and Civilization' 'The Archaeology of Knowledge' 'The Birth of the Clinic' and 'Discipline and Punish'.... More

Why has there been such an explosion of discussion about sex in the west since the 17th century? Here one of France's greatest intellectuals explores the evolving social economic and political forces that have shaped our attitudes to sex. In a book that is at once controversial and seductive Foucaul... More

Society Must Be Defended is a full transcript of the lectures given by Foucault at the College de France in 1975-76. The main theme of the lectures is the contention that war can be used to analyse power relations. Foucault contends that politics is a continuation of war by other means. Thus, an... More