Foucault and Classical Antiquity: Power, Ethics and Knowledge

by Wolfgang Detel

Book Overview

This 2005 book is a critical examination of Michel Foucault's relation to ancient Greek thought, in particular his famous analysis of Greek history of sexuality. Wolfgang Detel offers an understanding of Foucault's theories of power and knowledge based on modern analytical theories of science and concepts of power. He offers a complex reading of the texts which Foucault discusses, covering topics such as Aristotle's ethics and theory of sex, Hippocratic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521179726
• ISBN13: 9780521179720
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"