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The Care of the Self

The Care of the Self

by Michel Foucault (Author), Michel Foucault (Author), Michel Foucault (Author), Robert Hurley (Translator)

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    Paperback 1990

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Synopsis

This is the third volume of Foucault's "History of Sexuality". A sociologist and historian of ideas, Foucault's other works include "Madness and Civilization", "The Archaeology of Knowledge", "The Birth of the Clinic" and "Discipline and Punish".

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 280
 Edition: 3
 Publisher: Penguin
Published: 14 May 1990
ISBN 10: 0140137351
ISBN 13: 9780140137354

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The Care of the Self shares with the writings on which it draws the characteristic of being carefully constructed, exquisitely reasoned and internally cogent. -- The New York Times Book Review Foucault is a thinker from whose writing one can infer lessons for our modern lives and dilemmas. -- Boston Globe
Author Bio
One of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century and the most prominent thinker in post-war France, Foucault's work influenced disciplines as diverse as history, sociology, philosophy, sociology and literary criticism.