{"product_id":"the-archaeology-of-foucault-by-stuart-elden-9781509545353","title":"The Archaeology of Foucault","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\nOn 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and philosophy, beginning his explorations of the question of sexuality.\n\nWeaving together analyses of published and unpublished material, this is a comprehensive study of this crucial period.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.\n\nIt 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.\n\nThis 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.\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47363011346668,"sku":"9781509545353","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12475783482725.jpg?v=1772912107","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-archaeology-of-foucault-by-stuart-elden-9781509545353","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}