Reassessing Foucault: Power, Medicine and the Body

"Reassessing Foucault" sets out to neither bury Foucault or to praise him--instead, it subjects his key teachings in a number of fields to close scrutiny. The editors and writers contained here are noted scholars who have written widely on topics central to the concerns of Foucault. Contributors to this volume examine his methodological and philosophical writings, his ideas about prisons, hospitals and other institutions, his views on madness, health and disease, and his thinking about the body. These essays engage principal aspects of his thought and relevance, and suggest ways in which Foucault's influence will continue to dominate cultural history and the social sciences. Contributors: Roy Porter, Colin Jones, David Armstrong, Martin Dinges, Felix Driver, Dieter Freundlieb, Randall McGowan, Sarah Nettleton, Thomas Osborne, Nikolas Rose, Stephen Watson.