FOUCAULT ON FREEDOM

"Freedom and the subject were guiding themes for Michel Foucault throughout his philosophical career. In this clear and comprehensive analysis of his thought, Johanna Oksala identifies the different interpretations of freedom in his philosophy and examines three major divisions of it: the archaeological, the genealogical, and the ethical. She shows that in order to appreciate Foucault's project fully we must understand this complex relationship to phenomenology, and she discusses Foucault's treatment of the body in relation to recent feminist work on this topic. Her book illuminates the possibilities which Foucault's philosophy opens up for us in thinking about freedom."--Jacket.