Foucault's Orient: The Conundrum of Cultural Difference, from Tunisia to Japan

by Marnia Lazreg

Book Overview

Foucault lived in Tunisia for two years and travelled to Japan and Iran more than once. Yet throughout his critical scholarship, he insisted that the cultures of the "Orient" constitute the "limit" of Western rationality. Using archival research supplemented by interviews with key scholars in Tunisia, Japan and France, this book examines the philosophical sources, evolution as well as contradictions of Foucault's experience with non-Western cultures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789208173
• ISBN13: 9781789208177
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"