Michel Foucault and the Politics of Freedom

by Thomas Dumm

Book Overview

What is freedom? In this study, Thomas Dumm challenges the conventions that have governed discussions and debates concerning modern freedom by bringing the work of Michel Foucault into dialogue with contemporary liberal thought. While Foucault has been widely understood to have characterized the modern era as being opposed to the realization of freedom, Dumm shows how this characterization conflates FoucaultOs genealogy of discipline with his overall...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742521397
• ISBN13: 9780742521391
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"