{"product_id":"the-archaeology-of-foucault-paperback-softback-9781509545353","title":"The Archaeology of Foucault (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509545353","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Archaeology of Foucault\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStuart Elden (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509545353, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 December 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.476 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This final volume of Elden’s magisterial history offers a fascinating insight into Foucault’s life and work throughout the 1960s.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCamille Robcis, Columbia University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For we students of Foucault and avid readers of his books, the articulation with debates of the time and the reorientations of his thought seemed clear enough. What an illusion! Building on the new archive and testimonies with amazing intellectual empathy, Stuart Elden recreates the latent discourse. We can embark on a new reading and understanding of the great archaeologist of our culture.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉtienne Balibar, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn Universals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stuart Elden concludes his series on Foucault with another work of meticulous scholarship, unearthing archival sources, variants of Foucault’s publications, and links to his contemporaries in the exciting intellectual context of the 1960s.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClare O’Farrell, Queensland University of Technology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 20 May 1961 Foucault defended his two doctoral theses; on 2 December 1970 he gave his inaugural lecture at the Collège de France. Between these dates, he published four books, travelled widely, and wrote extensively on literature, the visual arts, linguistics, and philosophy. He taught both psychology and philosophy, beginning his explorations of the question of sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Weaving together analyses of published and unpublished material, this is a comprehensive study of this crucial period. As well as Foucault’s major texts, it discusses his travels to Brazil, Japan, and the USA, his time in Tunisia, and his editorial work for \u003ci\u003eCritique\u003c\/i\u003e and the complete works of Nietzsche and Bataille.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt was in this period that Foucault developed the historical-philosophical approach he called ‘archaeology’ – the elaboration of the archive – which he understood as the rules that make possible specific claims. In its detailed study of Foucault’s archive the book is itself an archaeology of Foucault in another sense, both excavation and reconstruction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book completes a four-volume series of major intellectual histories of Foucault. \u003ci\u003eFoucault’s Last Decade\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Polity in 2016; \u003ci\u003eFoucault: The Birth of Power\u003c\/i\u003e followed in 2017; and \u003ci\u003eThe Early Foucault\u003c\/i\u003e in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbbreviations and Archival References\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1 Madness and Medicine\u003cbr\u003e2 Literature\u003cbr\u003e3 Art\u003cbr\u003e4 Order\u003cbr\u003e5 Sexuality, Psychology, Biology\u003cbr\u003e6 Linguistics and Structuralism\u003cbr\u003e7 Discourse, Tunisia\u003cbr\u003e8 The Archaeology of Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e9 Nietzsche\u003cbr\u003eCoda: Into the 1970s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52470045049112,"sku":"9781509545353","price":17.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509545353.jpg?v=1785629812","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-archaeology-of-foucault-paperback-softback-9781509545353","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}