Foucault (Deleuze book)

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Foucault
Authors Gilles Deleuze
TranslatorsSeán Hand
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Subject Michel Foucault
Published
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages141 (French edition)
157 (University of Minnesota Press edition)
ISBN 0-8166-1674-4 (University of Minnesota Press edition)
Followed byThe Fold: Leibniz and the Baroque (1988) 

Foucault is a 1986 book on the work of Michel Foucault by the philosopher Gilles Deleuze. [1] Deleuze, like in his other works on major philosophers, thinks along with Foucault instead of trying to write a guide to his philosophy. The book focuses on the conceptual underpinnings of Foucault's extensive work by considering in depth two of his paradigmatic works, The Archaeology of Knowledge (1969) and Discipline and Punish (1975).

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References

  1. Deleuze, Gilles (13 June 2006). Foucault. ISBN   9780826490780 . Retrieved 25 June 2018.