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Article: Michel Foucault.(Brief article)(Book review)
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- The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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Michel Foucault
by David Macey
Reaktion Books. 160 pages, $16.95
The latest entry in Reaktion's "Critical Lives" series, which also features books on Jean Genet and Pablo Picasso, Michel Foucault provides a biographical sketch and overview of the philosopher's key works. Author David Macey penned a much weightier biography of Foucault some ten years ago; this new volume hits the high points of the French philosopher's thought and targets readers who may be new to his work. Especially helpful is Macey's discussion of how power operates in modern societies: how it involves not just the exercise of force but also a pervasive control over patterns ...