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Taureck: Michel Foucault / Bilingual book review

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Bernhard H. F. Taureck: Michel Foucault
Buchbesprechung auf Deutsch


Diese Monographie über den Philosophen Michel Foucault (1926 - 1984) ist erschienen im Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag. Hier geht es weniger um das Leben Foucaults als um seine Beiträge zum Diskurs über Macht, Überwachung, Anthropologie usw..

Es ist nicht immer leicht dem Text zu folgen und dieses Buch ersetzt mit Sicherheit nicht die Bücher von Foucault selber, aber dieses Buch vermittelt eine gute Vorstellung über die Gedankenwelt Foucaults, vor allem darüber, wieviel Bedeutung er dem Wandel der Denksysteme zugemessen hat. Darüber hinaus wird man bei der Lektüre natürlich auch auf andere "verwandte" Autoren aufmerksam und neugierig. | © Elmar Driver



Bernhard H. F. Taureck: Michel Foucault
Book review in English


I'm afraid that there is no English edition of this book available. This monograph in pocket edition of the philosopher Michel Foucault (1926-1984) was published in Germany by the Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag. It's not that much about Foucault's life but more about his contribution to the discourses of power, control, anthropology and so forth.

It is not always easy to follow the text and even with this book you still better read the original texts by Foucault himself but this book gives you a good idea of Foucault's world of thoughts. The author stresses the immense importance of different systems of thought coming up in history for Michel Foucault's own thinking and writing. Last not least, Bernhard F. H. Taureck calls the reader's attention to some nice related writers. | © Elmar Driver

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I_ArtMan 25. July 2008, 04:46

elmar,
thanks for this 'heads up'. i went away and read the wikipedia of michel foucault. and suddenly i wondered... what rock have i been hiding under.

just a brief perusal of his interests and work ignited an interest in further pursuing research into his writings. very cool.

E. Driver 3. August 2008, 01:46

I'm glad having sparked some interest in Foucault! :smile:

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