Publisher's Synopsis
The unique feature of this book is the wide range of subjects explored: Foucault's place in the history of philosophy and his relationship to archaeology, epistemology, phenomenology, marxism and psychoanalysis; Focault's style and the rhetoric of his critical discourse; a posthumous evaluation and critique of certain key notions such as power, government, normality, marginality, the individual and biopower; ethics and the constitution of the subject; history and historiography.