Foucault and Neoliberalism

by Jan Rehmann, Loïc Wacquant, Jean-Loup Amselle, et al.

Book Overview

Michel Foucault's death in 1984 coincided with the fading away of the hopes for social transformation that characterized the postwar period. In the decades following his death, neoliberalism has triumphed and attacks on social rights have become increasingly bold. If Foucault was not a direct witness of these years, his work on neoliberalism is nonetheless prescient: the question of liberalism occupies an important place in his last works. Since...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509501762
• ISBN13: 9781509501762
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"