Foucault & the Politics of Hearing

By Lauri Siisiainen and Lauri Siisiäinen

Book Overview

The issue of the senses and sensual perception in Michel Foucault's thought has been a source of prolific discussion already for quite some time. Often, Foucault has been accused of overemphasizing the centrality of sight, and has been portrayed as yet another thinker representative of Western ocularcentricism. This innovative new work seeks to challenge this portrait by presenting an alternative view of Foucault as a thinker for whom the sound, voice, hearing, and listening, the auditory-sonorous, actually did matter.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415519268
• ISBN13: 9780415519267
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"