Michel Foucault: Personal Autonomy and Education

by James D. Marshall

Book Overview

This book is designed to serve two purposes. First it provides an introduction to the ideas and works of Michel Foucault. It should be particularly appropriate for education students for whom, in general, Foucault is a shadowy presence. Second, it provides a Foucault based critique of a central plank of Western liberal education, the notion of the autonomous individual or personal autonomy. There are several introductions to Foucault but they tend...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792340167
• ISBN13: 9780792340164
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"