Michel Foucault is arguably one of the most influential twentieth century scholars within the humanities and social sciences No other book comprehensively covers Foucault's entire body of work in a way that includes not only his major book volumes, but his lectures and lesser known writings This book offers a structured, thematic, lucid and comprehensive account of Foucault's entire work that will offer the reader a unique guide Highlights the cross disciplinary scope of Foucault's thought, and at the same time show how philosophical concerns arise from his work The most important and unique aspect of this volume will be the analysis of the material from the Lectures at the Collège de France series. No other volume on the market takes new insights from these sources into account and relates them to the rest of his work and the development of his thought Will advance Foucault scholarship for students and academics alike

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Sverre Raffnsøe is Professor of Philosophy at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and editor in chief of Foucault Studies. Marius Gudmand-Høyer is Assistant Professor at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Morten Thaning Sørensen is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark with research in Foucault, philosophical hermeneutics and Ancient philosophy.

Zusammenfassung
By reading Foucault as a philosopher, it offers an extensive systematic assessment and discussion of his unique conception of philosophical practice and brings a unifying trajectory in his work to light.

Inhalt
Preface
Introduction A Philosophical Trajectory

1. Displacements And Development: A Familiar Foucault
2. Contextuality And Transversal Categories: A Less Familiar Foucault
3. Borders Of Madness
4. A Genealogy Of Structuralism And Language
5. Discipline, Penitentiary And Delinquency
6. Warfare As A Model Of Power Relations
7. The Governmentalization Of The State
8. The (Neo)Liberal Art Of Governing
9. Histories Of Sexualities
10. The Practices Of The Self
11. Philosophy, Enlightenment, Diagnostics
12. Exit Challenges For A Diagnosis Of The Present