Foucault's Power (eBook, ePUB)
Knowledge Is Power, Obscurity Is Apparently Also Power
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Ever wondered why your college roommate wouldn't stop talking about "discursive formations" after one semester of critical theory? Curious how a bald Frenchman in a turtleneck became the patron saint of impenetrable academic writing? Want to understand Foucault without developing a migraine or a sudden urge to wear all black? "Foucault's Power" is the antidote to pretentious philosophical obscurity you've been waiting for. This irreverent guide takes you on a sarcasm-soaked journey through Michel Foucault's most influential ideas-from his analysis of prisons and power to his baffling observati...
Ever wondered why your college roommate wouldn't stop talking about "discursive formations" after one semester of critical theory? Curious how a bald Frenchman in a turtleneck became the patron saint of impenetrable academic writing? Want to understand Foucault without developing a migraine or a sudden urge to wear all black? "Foucault's Power" is the antidote to pretentious philosophical obscurity you've been waiting for. This irreverent guide takes you on a sarcasm-soaked journey through Michel Foucault's most influential ideas-from his analysis of prisons and power to his baffling observations about sexuality and truth-all while mercilessly mocking the cult of incomprehensibility that has grown around him. In these pages, you'll discover:
How Foucault transformed "people in power control information" into a revolutionary insight requiring 600 impenetrable pages
Why your open-plan office is actually a sophisticated surveillance mechanism (as if you needed another reason to hate it)
How Foucault managed to write extensively about sex without including a single useful tip
The convenient contradictions of a man who questioned all institutions while becoming the ultimate institutional insider
A bonus translation guide from Foucauldian jargon to human English!
Whether you're a confused student forced to read "Discipline and Punish," a curious reader wanting to understand what the fuss is about, or someone who enjoys watching intellectual pretension get skewered by razor-sharp wit, this book is your perfect introduction to the man who made simplicity unfashionable and gave academic writing permission to be terrible forever.
How Foucault transformed "people in power control information" into a revolutionary insight requiring 600 impenetrable pages
Why your open-plan office is actually a sophisticated surveillance mechanism (as if you needed another reason to hate it)
How Foucault managed to write extensively about sex without including a single useful tip
The convenient contradictions of a man who questioned all institutions while becoming the ultimate institutional insider
A bonus translation guide from Foucauldian jargon to human English!
Whether you're a confused student forced to read "Discipline and Punish," a curious reader wanting to understand what the fuss is about, or someone who enjoys watching intellectual pretension get skewered by razor-sharp wit, this book is your perfect introduction to the man who made simplicity unfashionable and gave academic writing permission to be terrible forever.
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