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Aesthetics, Method, and Epistemology

Essential Works of Foucault 1954-1984
By Michel Foucault
Penguin Classics
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Aesthetics, Method, and Epistemology by Michel Foucault delves into the philosophy and psychology realms, exploring the intersections of aesthetics and epistemology. It examines how knowledge is constructed within diverse societal structures and how this influences perception and understanding. The work offers insight into Foucault's unique methodological approaches in analysing power, knowledge, and the arts.
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The Essential Works of Michel Foucault offer the definitive collection of Foucault's articles, interviews, and seminars.

Aesthetics, Method, and Epistemology provides a focused study on the philosophy, literature, and art that informed Foucault's engagement with ethics and power. This volume includes brilliant commentaries on the works of de Sade, Rousseau, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, and Wagner.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241435113

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 August 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

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Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 366g

Pages: 528

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Michel Foucalt (1926-1984) was one of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century and the most prominent thinker in postwar France. Foucault's work influenced disciplines as diverse as history, sociology, philosophy, sociology and literary criticism.

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