After Foucault: Humanistic Knowledge, Postmodern ChallengesRutgers University Press, 1988 - 208 pages The essays in this collection assess the impact of Michel Foucault's work on the conditions of disciplinary knowledge in humanistic studies and speculate on the directions we might take from his work. They cover a wide range of fundamental concerns; from philosophy of knowledge in both theoreticl and applied forms, to philology, history, psychoanalysis, feminism and politics. Whether the contributors would be counted as being for or against Foucault, all of them show that their understanding has been altered by the challenges his work has posed. In some cases Foucault's thought is severly criticized as an obstacle to effective understanding or action; in others, his thought offers a resource through which received opinion can be displayed. |
Contents
Michel Foucault 19261984 by Edward W Said I | 12 |
The Abstract | 42 |
What Was Foucault? by Daniel T OHara | 71 |
Foucaults Lost Chance? | 97 |
The Pursuit of Otherness | 112 |
Michel Foucault and the Power | 138 |
Feminism and the Power of Foucaldian Discourse | 161 |
On the Theory and Practice of Power | 179 |
Family Migration and Social Values in the Industrial Era 128 | 128 |
Education and Culture 18651920 152 | 152 |
Women and Reform in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 176 | 176 |
Economic Activity during Boom Bust and War 207 | 207 |
Family and Migration 19201945 | 233 |
Education and Culture 19201945 | 257 |
Reform and Politics 19201945 | 282 |
Epilogue The Feminine Mystique | 309 |
List of Contributors | 203 |
Religion Reform and Politics in the AnteBellum Era 80 | 80 |
Womens Employment 18651920 105 | 105 |
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