Critical And Effective Histories: Foucault's Methods and Historical Sociology / Edition 1

by Mitchell Dean

Overview

First Published in 2004. This work places Foucault's methodologies against social theory and philosophy in order to provide a guide to social sciences, particularly historical sociology. Written to clarify Foucault's contribution for professional and non-professional readers, the text demonstrates the originality and usefulness of Foucault's work and embodies a conviction that Foucault's approaches could transform sociology into an effective, multi-focused, relevant discipline. Finally, the book illustrates that his methods provide the necessary condition for any state-of-the-art social research today, addressing his methodological position and establishing its relationship to Nietzsche, Kant, Weber, Elias, Habermas, Giddens, and the Annales and Frankfurt Schools.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415064958
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/31/1994
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Sociology, Foucault, and the uses of history 2. Presentist perspectives Excursus: Foucault and Annales 3. Questions of enlightenment 4. Weber, rationality, and the subject 5. A 'specific and peculiar rationalism'? Beyond the rationalisation thesis 6. Absent history and enlightenment dialectics Postscript: the problem with critique 7. Habermas modernist translations 8. Thematics of state and power Excursus: Time, space, and power 9. Governmentality 10. ....and practices of the self Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

'... a thoughtful critique of sociology, history and philosophy which thankfully avoids the more obvious and repetitive lines of Foucauldian commentary.' - Radical Philosophy

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