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Gary Gutting
FOUCAULT
A Very Short Introduction
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Foucault : a very short introduction / Gary Gutting.
p. cm.—(A very short introduction)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Foucault, Michel. I. Title. II. Very short introductions.
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To Anastasia
as always
with love
Contents
Acknowledgements xi
Abbreviations xiii
List of illustrations xv
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Lives and works 1
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Literature 10
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Politics 20
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Archaeology 32
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Genealogy 43
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The masked philosopher 54
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Madness 68
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Crime and punishment 79
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Modern sex 91
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Ancient sex 101
References and further reading 111
Index 121
Acknowledgements
I wrote the first draft of this essay during summer 2003, in conjunction
with my seminar on Foucault at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Universität in Frankfurt. Many thanks to Axel Honneth for his
invitation and many kindnesses, to the students in my Foucault seminar
for their interest and questions, and to the staff at the Literaturhaus
Restaurant (especially Oliver and Franz) for their hospitality, good food,
and splendid wine.
As always, the first and best reader of my manuscript was my wife,
Anastasia Friel Gutting. I am also grateful for very helpful comments
from Jerry Bruns and Todd May. My thanks to Marsha Filion of OUP
for suggesting and supporting this project.
